Sunday, November 09, 2003

BOURQUE AND THE G.G

I see this morning that Bourque is keeping up his crusade against the Governor General. This morning he was linking to a Sun Media article, of all things, under his own headline "Adrienne Protocol Hissy Delayed Poppy Sales." The article itself has little if anything to do with the suggested headline.

The headline of the Calgary Sun article is "War Vets Go on Cash Offensive." One of the last lines in the article notes in a completely neutral way, "The Canada-wide campaign, which usually starts the second-last Friday in October and raises about $1 million in Calgary annually, was delayed five days due to a conflict in Gov.-Gen. Adrienne Clarkson's schedule." The veteran being interviewed noted, "protocol states the Governor General gets the first poppy." That was it. The story was actually about how much money the veterans raise through the campaign and Bourque puts it under an inflamatory headline criticizing Madame Clarkson.

Bourque has been desperately trying to keep this cause of criticism against the Governor General alive. Is he ever going to realize that most Canadians either think that Her Excellency is doing an excellent job or they don't care about her job at all?

Give up your crusade Mr. Bourque. No one cares.

Posted by Matthew @ 10:13 a.m.