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Posted on 05/19/2005 2:56:56 PM PDT by quidnunc
A few days before George W. Bush's second inaugural, I received an urgent call from a friend. Belinda Stronach wanted to come to Washington to see the event. Could I get her tickets to the swearing-in and the balls afterward?
We did get the tickets — and Belinda did the rest. Her progress through Washington was glittering. She hosted a star-spangled dinner at Washington's Palm restaurant the night after the President took the oath. The Solicitor General of the United States was there, and so was Kelly from the Apprentice, Larry King and an editor from Vanity Fair, as well as important figures from the Washington legal and business worlds.
It's difficult to secure top guests on inaugural night, but Belinda did it. They were curious to meet a glamorous and wealthy woman, a close friend of Bill Clinton's who had emerged as an unexpected political star. In politics, where who you are often matters less than where you are seen to be going — and in January, 2005, Belinda Stronach seemed to be going places.
Not any more. Stronach's decision to cross the floor will be remembered as one of the most spectacular acts of political misjudgment since Joe Clark called down a leadership race upon himself in 1983. Three days ago, she was a powerful figure inside the Conservative party, the runner-up in the last leadership race and a front-runner in any race to come. She was a media darling, as left-wing dissidents in right-of-center parties always are. At the Conservative convention in Montreal, Belinda's reception was the hottest and most glamorous, as she herself was the most glamorous figure on Parliament Hill.
Now instead she sits on the Liberal bench as the head of a second-tier ministry, best known for misplacing $2-billion in taxpayer money in the 1990s. (At least we all hope the money is just misplaced — post-Gomery, we can't rule out the possibility that its new owners know perfectly well where it is.) Her name will stand for a generation as a byword for opportunism, selfishness, folly and empty vanity.
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Right on the money. She is going to lose her seat, and the Liberals will not take any risks on a woman who's known for disloyalty and goes for the highest bidder.
There's a message herein for certain RINO's.
Maybe she's related to Huffington. She made the jump toward Leftism just as Pres. Bush was first being elected.
I've never seen a rat swimming toward a sinking ship.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Me, neither. This is queer.
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Betaille wrote;
Right on the money. She is going to lose her seat, and the Liberals will not take any risks on a woman who's known for disloyalty and goes for the highest bidder.
She is a political whore who will be welcomed with open arms by the liberals because she is one. She'll be an anoited leader of the liberal party. Another Hillary IMHO. Beware.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
If memory serves me right, this is Bubba's longtime squeeze.
If making PIAPS President doesn't work, maybe he will try to make his latest love PM of Canada.
PS. Scary, but she even looks like Hillary....younger version to be sure. Does she curse like a drunken sailor? throw lamps?......developing
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