Let the Purge Begin

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Sean Holman over at Public Eye has put up a heap of posts lately which strongly suggest that the coalition running the SS Gordon Campbell is starting to come apart.

As I see it there are two poles pulling at the hollow center of the coalition.

One pole consists of the red meat free enterprisers. Those would be the folks that John Reynolds was going after with his comments from the US Republican National Convention awhile back. The other pole consists of neo-Libs with strong ties to the Federal Fibbers.

Now that the Basi/Virk affair has completely exposed the soft underbelly of the FibLib faction the Red Meaters seem to have the upper hand.

Need evidence?

No need to look any further than today's resignation of Deputy Premier and top of the line FibLibber Christy Clark.

Clark announced that the reason she resigned was to spend more time with her 3 yr old son.

But don't forget that her brother and her husband were both named in the Basi/Virk search warrant.

Question now is.....is this a limited hangout, or are more crew members about to be shoved overboard?

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Update: 5:00pm:
David Schreck takes the highroad, sort of....

"Maybe she (Clark) did make a fundamental lifestyle decision to spend more time with her family, or maybe she's a real liberal, sickened by the hard right policies of the Campbell government, and like many British Columbians, shuddering at the prospect of what's on the agenda for a second term. Of course, there are other possibilities but they will remain the subject of speculation by the cynics."

So, go ahead and call me a cynic but if Clark really is doing the right thing now how come, as Schreck also points out, she didn't do the right thing back then:

"Both in opposition, following her 1996 election, and in government, Clark has had a high profile, earned in part by her sharp wit and tongue. She is part of a government that forces single welfare moms to find work when their children reach age three."

And don't forget, it was also the fair-minded Ms Clark that did her damndest to kill the BC College of Teachers. That's some legacy for a 'true ' Liberal (Oxford Dictionary definition: a. generous; tolerant).