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The Gazette’s Elizabeth Thompson on Sandra Buckler being hospitalized for thyroid cancer (H/T National Newswatch) :

…The press gallery is sending flowers - although a flowering cactus might be more appropriate given Ms. Buckler’s prickly relations with most members of the fourth estate on the Hill …

Get well, Ms. Buckler. And do your best to ignore the tasteless comments from the peanut gallery.

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Update : Some of the earlier nastiness was captured by Reid and Jack , before Ms. Thompson had a chance to hit the edit and delete buttons.

Upperdate : Thompson’s blog keeps changing as she desperately attempts to dig herself out of this hole, but just ends up getting in deeper. Via Jack’s Newswatch , we see that Warren is not impressed. Jack has been doing an excellent job keeping up with this fast-changing story.

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Reid has the latest . Elizabeth Thompson has sent a personal apology and a bouquet of non-prickly flowers to Sandra Buckler (see Update 2 ).

Personally, I hope this incident has raised awareness between the PPG and the PMO about what really matters in life - which is life . When you come right down to it, we’re all on the same side.

Thursday update : Liz’s editor returned Dr. Roy’s phone call on the matter. Read all about it here - Elizabeth Thompson’s editor called .

Fagstein - Over the top . Just not sure if he’s referring to Thompson’s comments there, or the reaction from the blogosphere…

Greg Weston’s hostility and vitriol directed at the PMO has reached a new low - PM makes ‘em gag.

…Even letters to the editor that may be critical of The Conservative Truth are apparently out.

“If you identify yourself as a Canadian Grain Commission employee in a letter to the editor that criticizes government policy relating to (the commission), you could create a perception that your views of government policy are not impartial, and that you may not be able to follow or apply government policy in an impartial manner.”

Translation: By all means write to the paper, and be sure to check the want ads for your next job opportunity…

Pull-eeze. Public servants are supposed to appear non-partisan. A few years ago, I was at a large family get-together, and wanted to talk politics with a relative who works for Elections Canada. He shied away from the discussion citing a need to be non-partisan. And that was a Liberal Government, Greg. At a family party. Not even a public forum.

So go find something else to whine about.