I am NOT a conspiracy theorist, however the stench starting to rise from this is starting to get beyond what a bottle of Febreeze might be able to clear.
Now along comes Bill Tieleman with a view that obviously he has been thinking about for sometime, and which today he decided to make public. He finished his post with the following words:
I fully expect comments and posts suggesting that I'm merely promoting the BC Conservatives to hurt the BC Liberals.
I hardly think the BC Liberals need my help - they are damaging their brand daily - from their ridiculous and changing positions on the Enbridge pipeline to bringing Chinese workers into BC to run a Chinese-owned coal mine to the HST to a host of other bad decisions.
I don't agree with John Cummins or his supporters on a whole lot of issues - but he is a straight-shooter and he has dragged the BC Conservatives out of obscurity to have a real chance of electing MLAs and re-establishing a party that was lost in the wilderness for decades.
So - say what you like about me - but try to deal with the facts here, because they are certainly pointing towards some real involvement of the BC Liberals and their supporters in sabotaging Cummins - for obvious reasons.
A few weeks back, the public face of unrest was Ben Besler and John Crocock -- now it's Allison Patton and Ariane Eckardt. If it doesn't end soon, then I beleive there will be others who will crop up to foster more dissent.
Others who may, or may not, be getting stirred up by individuals who are behind the scenes.
The bottom line is they are causing a great deal of damage, as these news stories from just the past few days show:
GLOBE AND MAIL (Oct 11th & updated morning of Oct 12th):
Earlier this year, the B.C. Conservatives had the Liberals on the run. This week, the Tories have firmly established themselves as an entertaining sideshow.
GLOBE AND MAIL (Oct 11th & updated morning of Oct 12th):
Earlier this year, the B.C. Conservatives had the Liberals on the run. This week, the Tories have firmly established themselves as an entertaining sideshow.
Hochstein … suggested business
organizations like his aren’t going to hand over wads of cash if the
Conservatives continue to flounder. “People are waiting to see what is happening
… tent seems to be in disarray and they don’t look like a party that can be
government.”
Michael Smyth, The Province (Oct 11th):
The best hope for the Libs now is that Cummins barely survives this civil war, and the Conservative Party is reduced to tatters in the process.
The best hope for the Libs now is that Cummins barely survives this civil war, and the Conservative Party is reduced to tatters in the process.
The problem for the Liberals, though, is
that even a weak Conservative Party could still steal enough crucial right-wing
votes to deliver many close ridings to the poll-topping NDP in the approaching
election.
Somewhere, NDP Leader Adrian Dix is quietly
enjoying it all.
The Province (Editorial):
… the BC Conservatives are a minor sideshow to
the major parties that will compete to run the province in next year’s
provincial election, the B.C. Liberals and the NDP …
Burnaby NOW (Oct 12th):
A longtime Burnaby resident and devoted Conservative (Ariane Eckardt) is at the heart of an internal squabble that could threaten the future of the B.C. Conservative Party - and she's not about to back down. "And while you may argue that we have no right to challenge your legitimacy as head of the party, you have no right to challenge our legitimacy as heads of the constituency associations ….
A longtime Burnaby resident and devoted Conservative (Ariane Eckardt) is at the heart of an internal squabble that could threaten the future of the B.C. Conservative Party - and she's not about to back down. "And while you may argue that we have no right to challenge your legitimacy as head of the party, you have no right to challenge our legitimacy as heads of the constituency associations ….
Global TV (Oct 11th):
Patton said in an interview the B.C. Conservative Party — which was challenging the governing B.C. Liberals in public polling numbers six months ago — is now in destruction mode under Cummins' continued leadership.
Patton said in an interview the B.C. Conservative Party — which was challenging the governing B.C. Liberals in public polling numbers six months ago — is now in destruction mode under Cummins' continued leadership.
Global TV (Oct 10th)
During his remarks, Peterson took several shots at the B.C. NPD, calling the party’s leader Adrian Dix a “tax wolf in sheep’s clothing.” If the Conservatives don’t get their act together, he said, there will be no stopping the “orange wave” in 2013. Peterson, however, would not answer when asked if he had leadership ambitions of his own.
During his remarks, Peterson took several shots at the B.C. NPD, calling the party’s leader Adrian Dix a “tax wolf in sheep’s clothing.” If the Conservatives don’t get their act together, he said, there will be no stopping the “orange wave” in 2013. Peterson, however, would not answer when asked if he had leadership ambitions of his own.
NEWS 1130:
York University Political Scientist Dennis Pilon feels the BC Conservatives are going to have a tough time especially when it comes to swaying voters away from the Liberals. He says the optics are very bad … he believes the party is falling apart before it even has a chance to get started.
York University Political Scientist Dennis Pilon feels the BC Conservatives are going to have a tough time especially when it comes to swaying voters away from the Liberals. He says the optics are very bad … he believes the party is falling apart before it even has a chance to get started.
Let the mutiny end ... and let it end soon.
I'm Alan Forseth in Kamloops, with the thoughts of one conservative.
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