I can just imagine ridenrain at a dance; sitting alone at the table, all the ladies nervous because of his pervy glances, his idea of a chat up is lecturing them on how they are just silly women and don’t know better.

Keep on providing the laughs ridenrain; of course beyond your wardrobe and dancing.

“The government reacted by insisting that it had information from more than one source. In particular, the Prime Minister’s Office justified Mr. Harper’s actions by pointing to evidence that subsequently emerged suggesting that Mr. Jaffer sought government funds on behalf of other companies in Ms. Guergis’s office, or using one of her office’s e-mail accounts.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/private-investigator-tells-committee-he-has-no-evidence-against-guergis/article1566722/

However, this info came out after she “resigned”.

2) On Power and Politics last night (1:21:00), David Akin discussed the letter sent from the Ethics Commissioner to the Ethics Committee indicating that Snowdy was the person who provided the info upon which the PM acted.

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Politics/ID=1492312295

During Snowdy’s testimony yesterday, I don’t recall him mentioning that Jaffer was using his wife’s office to conduct his business. The only thing I recall is that the assumption was that Jaffer was the “backdoor” to the government. That being the case, what other information was the government in possesion of, have they released this other info and why did it take so long for MPs to release docs relating to the committee?

Did the story take on more salaciousness as it passed from Snowdy to Hamilton to Giorno to Harper? Was Harper looking for an excuse to turf the problematic junior minister and jumped at the opportunity? By referring to “serious allegations” requiring RCMP involvement, did he slander her? Is the RCMP investigating those serious allegations presumably given to them by the PM? The Ethics Commish apparently could find nothing to follow up on; especially , after Snowdy rejected some of the statements in Giorno’s letter to her. Does the RCMP have anything to follow up on?

Is the improper use of a Blackberry, email account and parliamentary office something that the RCMP would be concerned with? Do Guergis’s transgressions rise to the level of Bernier’s lapse in security of secret military documents? Did Bernier’s popularity save him and Guergis’s lack of popularity doom her? Was there any sexism involved?

I think Scott’s idea that a scorned Guergis could spell trouble for Harper is appealing. It’d be quite the turnabout if she were able to come out on top, though I doubt that will happen. Harper’s got too many layers of protection around him: prospective fall guys.