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Carolyn Parrish stomps on Bush Doll (pg. 5)
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| amb_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Well...that was just embarrassing.
I saw about 5 secs of that clip and that's all I needed to see (and that was muted to boot).
Personally as a Canadian I'm embarrassed.
I understand the free speech thing blah blah blah but some tact would have been in order.
To me, it's a cheap ploy for attention and trying to take advantage by getting a free ride on an anti-Bush wagon.
Her actions were un-intelligent, brash and that of a 5 yr old.
Anyone in a position of political leadership should know better and at least know how to debate issues rather stoop to this knuckle-dragging incident.
Hind-sight? The only thing she sees is her ass...:mad:
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Doh...didn't see she got canned...make that her ass and the door... :p
Hurray for common sense! :D |
It's being said that her lack of support for Martin rather than her guest appearance on a political satire television show on the CBC was the main motivation for her dismissal from Liberal caucus. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by amb_
It's being said that her lack of support for Martin rather than her guest appearance on a political satire television show on the CBC was the main motivation for her dismissal from Liberal caucus. |
If that's the case, then I hope to god no one else picks her up... :nervous:
(Dust off that resume their Carolyn) |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
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Martin should turf her. |
| quote: | Originally posted by baystreetboi
...and turfed she just was. :) |
booyah! kudos for Martin for exercising some control over his party memebers!!!
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
It's a sad day for democracy.
While i think shes being a bit stupid i also think that it should be the constituants (who have re-elected her) that should decide her fate.
Paul Martin is no less a Liberal bully than Chretien was. |
Her actions and words were bordering on insubordination, IMHO, which is grounds for immediate dismissal with an employer...why should she be subject to any less standard just because she was elected? You know damn well that many people vote for a party, not the individual...would she have won running as an independent? I guess we'll see next election ;)
"If he loses the next election and he has to resign, I wouldn’t shed a tear over it," Parrish said yesterday in an interview with The Canadian Press.
"I have absolutely no loyalty to this team — none."
The Liberal party apparently feels the same way...so enjoy your indpendent status, Ms. Parrish! Good riddance. |
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| amb_ |
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What's that noise?
Could it be the sound of a call from Jack Layton to Carolyn Parrish?
Hmm... :D |
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| EvilTree |
http://www.canada.com/national/stor...eb-0e62e63c772c
Maverick MP Carolyn Parrish turfed from Liberal caucus
Canadian Press
November 18, 2004
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OTTAWA (CP) -- Carolyn Parrish, the maverick MP who gained notoriety for her outspoken anti-Americanism, has been turfed from the Liberal party caucus.
Prime Minister Paul Martin made the decision Thursday after Parrish's latest outburst, which took direct aim at the Liberal leader and his closest advisers.
"I cannot, as leader of our party and the government caucus, tolerate behaviour that demeans and disrespects others," Martin said.
"It is unacceptable."
Parrish's cardinal sin appears to have less to do with her repeated, undiplomatic outbursts against the George W. Bush White House than her comments on the prime minister himself.
"If he loses the next election and he has to resign, I wouldn't shed a tear over it," Parrish said Wednesday in an interview with The Canadian Press.
"I have absolutely no loyalty to this team -- none."
Her ejection from Liberal ranks reduces Martin's tenuous minority in the House of Commons to 134 Liberal seats.
The Conservatives hold 99 seats, the Bloc Quebecois 54 and New Democrats 19.
Parrish becomes the second Independent in the Commons.
Parrish's ejection was precipitated by another round of public Bush bashing.
With the president preparing to make his first state visit to Ottawa at the end of the month, Parrish taped a piece with the CBC comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
In the skit -- which is to air Friday but has already appeared on CBC news programs and been requested by some U.S. networks -- Parrish stomps a Bush doll under her booted heal.
When fellow parliamentarians, including some Liberals, criticized her behaviour, the veteran MP for Mississauga, Ont., let loose Wednesday.
Parrish said she won't be silenced and that efforts by Martin to do so will backfire.
"After what they've put me through and lots of my colleagues, they can all go to hell," she said. "But he's not going to control me, so all he's going to do is end up looking weak."
Last year in the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Parrish was caught on tape expressing her frustration to reporters: "Damn Americans, I hate the bastards."
She apologized for the remark and avoided public censure by then prime minister Jean Chretien.
But under Martin, Parrish has been reprimanded at least twice previously.
In August, she described supporters of the Bush plan for continental missile defence as a "coalition of the idiots" at a rally on Parliament Hill.
And following Bush's re-election earlier this month, Parrish called him a "war-like" president and said American voters are "completely out of step with most of the free world.
"I guess it's a reflection of the profound psychological damage of 9-11."
Both times, Martin reprimanded Parrish but ignored Opposition calls to eject her from Liberal caucus.
Since her initial "bastards" comment, Parrish has expressed no contrition for her outspokenness and was re-elected with a healthy majority in her Toronto riding of Mississauga-Erindale riding.
"I have opinions. They're strongly held and colourfully expressed," Parrish said this week.
"They always have been . . . I am not going to change the way I function. If I do that then (critics) have won, they've shut me down and . . . there are thousands of people who agree with me."
© Canadian Press 2004
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It's not what you say, it's how you say it.
Yep. She'd be perfect for NDP and their habitual foot in mouth comments. :D |
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| MarkT |
I hope not...for Jack Layton's sake.
This has less to do with her dislike of Martin and more to do with her complete lack of tact while holding a very public position...a position where image and diplomacy are extremely relevant.
another gem: "After what they’ve put me through and lots of my colleagues, they can all go to hell,” she said. “But he’s not going to control me, so all he’s going to do is end up looking weak".
what an idiot :rolleyes: |
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| TheVrk |
| she really is a complete moron:o |
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| Jayx1 |
| it looks like a case of insubordination in which case it was right that she was kicked out. Whether in public office or in a company, you should not publicly show disrespect for authority. |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
you should not publicly show disrespect for authority. |
Then show a little respect damnit. |
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| discojoe |
| I think americans do care. Pat Buchanan talking about it shows he does care. At least a little bit. France isnt that much more 'significant' to the united states in the grand scale of things and look at the pot they stirred. Freedom fries? France comes up in just about every political debate as a symbol for world anti-americanism. Thats what could happen to Canada. 30 million or 300 million people it doesnt matter and i would rather not have that label. |
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| starsearcher |
I just heard someone on TV commenting on the issue and I really liked what he said...
...She is a politician and as so she represents Canada and Canadians...if she wants to express personal opinions she should do it in private, but she should not open her mouth for all of us cause not all of us think as she does... :) (well more or less like that) |
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| Cyrus King |
| Does anyone have the clip so i can cherish it forever? |
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