political theatre or political circus?

[frandroid]

Did he or did he not call her a dog?  Do we or do we not care?  Although I must say I enjoy the parallels that the Liberals have made from this remark to funding cuts for Status of Women.

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[theoria.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter if he did or did not; only that it were believable. Were the situation reversed, the Conservatives would have done the exact same thing. Unfortunately for the Conservatives, they've made a number of blunders bordering on the idiotic in recent weeks and, hence, people and the media are willing to believe anything about them. Personally, I don't doubt that he harbors such sentiments about her - but then, I do too and she didn't scorn me; insofar as people go, she's pretty low - but I think he has enough tact not to say them near a microphone or in the House.