Liberal media? Bull feathers!

For years the Cons have been yelling and screaming that there is a liberal media in this country. Even the much-revered, voice of reason (copyright: L Green), L. Green at CFRA constantly spouts off about the commie-pinko mainstream media... those liberal-thinking, cappuccino-sucking, Birkenstock-wearing reporters and media outlets that are not part of CNN or working out of the "Broadcast Mega-Centre of the World (copyright: CFRA)

So why is it that a great majority of the media seem to think that Mulroney's crap does not stink and that Schreiber should not be believed. I would have thought that a liberal media's eye teeth would have been bared trying to go for Mulroney's jugular.

Why, for example, does the Ottawa Citizen buff-boy, Dan Gardner, suggest that the $300,000 cash payment Mulroney received from Schreiber shortly after leaving office and apparently negotiated while still in office is, "greasy and dubious but it barely raises the needle of public significance above zero." Sound liberal to you?

How about the liberal (must be 'cause he is with the CBC) Rex Murphy who asks, "Why are we listening to Schreiber?" Hey Rex, did someone forget to mention the $300,000 to you?

With a few notable exceptions, the media, who ignored this story for years, has rolled out the red carpet for the former Con PM. I hope that he does not disappoint them when he testifies on Thursday at the Commons Ethics Committee. I would hate to see so many pundits simultaneously swallow their chewin' tobacco.

And while we are awaiting Mr. Mulroney's testimony, I have a few questions that the Committee might want to ponder about asking the Great Man (copyright: B Mulroney) For example, "Mr. Mulroney, if you were so hard up for cash at the end of your tenure as PM, why did you not approach any number of companies to sit on their Boards of Directors and have them loan you $300,000?" I bet you that Quebecor would have helped out?

How about asking, "Given your poor state of finances, perhaps a multi-million home in Montreal, with a $600,000 face lift to it, might have been a bit extravagant expense and perhaps you would have been better off to use the $300,000 from Schreiber to put food on the table while living in subsidized housing?"

Better yet, let's get the non-mainstream media to ask the questions. There must one of you that would like to know the answers?