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Appeasement on a small scale

Carolyn Parrish seems to be emboldened by Paul Martin’s inability/refusal to do anything to her besides go “tsk tsk”. Her latest outburst almost seems like a nose-thumbing at Martin because she knows he won’t fire her or otherwise penalize her in any way:

Renegade Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish has once again enraged members of the opposition and her own caucus after tossing a George W. Bush doll on the floor and grinding it under her heel on a satirical television show.

Something tells me there’s an apt comparison in here, to the world’s inability/refusal to do anything to rogue states who thumb their nose at international policy… like Iran with their nuclear weapons program… nah, too obvious!

To Carolyn Parrish: I mean this in the nicest possible – oh, who am I kidding? Just shut the fuck up!

Update: Looks like Paul Martin finally got the message. He fired Carolyn Parrish… at long last.

Parrish’s antics reminded me of a child who pulls increasingly annoying attention-getting stunts, in effort to find out where that invisible line is. Well, Carolyn, now you know.

The real question: with Parrish sitting as an independent, will she support the party that threw her out on votes… or the opposition Conservatives?

Update #2: Cliff speculates that she’ll join the NDP. She’ll likely be welcomed with open arms there by many MPs who share her “values”.

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  • cliff from montreal 11.18.04, 9:28 PM

    I’m curious to know who backed/financed (aside from the standard government allowances) her bid to be re-elected? Any ideas?

  • DaninVan 11.18.04, 9:38 PM

    Not so sure that Layton would WANT her in his caucus; she’s a mouthy, undisciplined, non-teamplayer. NOT what the NDP requires from it’s elected members. Reminds me of a certain other recently retired female Liberal MP…
    If her constituency wanted a(n) NDP MP they’d have ELECTED one, eh?

  • DaninVan 11.19.04, 8:49 PM

    In the last election, she creamed the next highest candidate, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_Canadian_federal_election%2C_2004#Brampton.2C_Mississauga_and_Oakville

    Just a guess, but I’m betting that the constituents voted for a Liberal candidate rather than her specifically. With the liberals forced to nominate a new candidate in the next election (not to mention Harpers crew chewing at her ass) she doesn’t stand a hope in hell of getting re-elected. I’m sure her supporters are pleased as hell that they no longer have a pipeline to the feeding trough.

  • LV Spiegelman 11.20.04, 5:44 PM

    Two words: Menopausal Madness

  • DaninVan 11.20.04, 5:55 PM

    LVS; yup, it all started with giving women the vote…;)

  • Joe N. 11.20.04, 6:36 PM

    Actually, it started when being a woman became a political thing of its’ own. Falling into that view removed the element of being a citizen, and put “what’s in it for me” and “it’s about my personal feelings” on the top of the priority list.

  • Daninvan 11.20.04, 8:57 PM

    Present hostess excepted, of course, maybe women are too emotional for the inherent conflict of our Parliamentary system?
    Some of the most competant people I know are women, but I base that on their organizational and management abilities not on their debating and confrontational skills…

  • segacs 11.21.04, 4:54 AM

    I’ll challenge you to a debate or confrontation anytime! 😛

  • Francis Nixon 11.21.04, 4:58 AM

    I think the best part of all this is WHY he fired her. It wasn’t because of the Bush stuff. It was because she said she didn’t care whether he won the next election, and told him and his staffers to “go to hell.”

    Rare moment of inspired leadership from Paul Martin here, it’s nice to see.

  • Daninvan 11.21.04, 8:17 AM

    Sari; you’re arguments are ALWAYS carefully worded and very reasonable…you sure you’re not a guy?

  • segacs 11.21.04, 6:20 PM

    Gee, Dan, so nice to see your commitment to the notion of gender equality…

  • DaninVan 11.21.04, 8:07 PM

    What? I ADMIT that you’re a much better debater than me…:)

  • lvspiegelman 11.21.04, 10:39 PM

    Didn’t mean to start such a firestorm with my “madness” comment — I’ll leave out the other “M” word. People far wiser than I have done a lot of research into times when hormones change — puberty and menopause (both male and female) — makes emotions and reasoning hard to control. I offered my comment as a possible explantion for Parrish’s incomprehensible behaviour — i.e. why would one want to make an international fool of oneself? Why as an elected rep would one bait the “boss” to fire her? Actually, if you take her out of the political context, she really is quite funny — she should have replaced Mike Bullard and maybe we’d have a home-grown late night show worth watching.

  • DaninVan 11.22.04, 1:33 AM

    “Ananda: How are we to conduct ourselves, Lord, with regard to womankind?
    Buddha: Don’t see them Ananda.
    Ananda: But if we should see them, what are we to do?
    Buddha: Abstain from speech, Ananda.
    Ananda: But if they should speak to us, Lord, what are we to do?
    Buddha: Keep wide awake, Ananda.”

    ……….heheheh :p

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