Another Bribe?

Minority Watch

I am perplexed. I really do not understand Stephen Harper, or his Party anymore. To begin with, all the crap about Mulroney, the sting of corruption is just way too much. You have him staying silent, you have an aide calling it a Jihad against him, and now we have the Cadman Affair.

In a forthcoming book, Like A Rock: The Chuck Cadman Story, Dona Cadman claims her husband was offered a million-dollar life insurance policy two days before the crucial vote. (source - CBC)

I suppose my problem with all this, including Stephen Harper’s denial, is why would Chuck Cadman’s wife, a conservative candidate, say it? That is the part that has me confused. How can it have been investigated, yet not be retracted in the book, where she is quoted? It also makes me wonder, was her nomination, a payoff?

This whole nonsense, is just mind blowing. To offer a guy a million dollar policy, to bring down a government? Now if this is BS, why would the WIFE say it, to begin with? I mean what benefit does she gain from saying it, specially if she is running for the Conservatives? So again, it just seems so contradictory, and while hard to believe, it does sound plausible. Specially if you factor in the whole Mulroney Affair, and Airbus.

On Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office said Harper never directed anyone to make a financial deal with Cadman, and that when he first heard the story from Dona Cadman, he had it investigated but nothing was ever confirmed. (source - CBC)

Now this also perturbs me. I mean it is obvious he was told about it, says he investigated and found nothing to substantiate it. Okay, so was this before she sought the Conservative Nomination or after she won it? Then too, how long ago did he get told of this, and what kind of investigation did he do? Did he simply call a few people, or did he try to really find out?

I mean it all seems like the denial Harper gave of how Schreiber contacted him, about the allegations against Mulroney, that somehow got held back from him. Like that really is believable, and now he admits, he was told of this by the person making the allegations? If she lied to the book’s author, for what reason? There are lots of possibilities here, not all very nice for either side. Plus, if true, could be a criminal offense.

The simple truth is that due to all the apparent cover ups by Stephen Harper, his defense of Brian Mulroney, his inability to be forthright, transparent, has created doubts. His taunts, his later recanting, all creates a perception that something is being hidden, whether it is or not. This is the stench left over from Brian Mulroney, from the George Bush style of politics.

So when will this inquiry begin?

Ian @ February 29, 2008