Give it up already
Looks like good ol' Joe could be up to something again (h/t Prairie Wrangler). The Liberal Party is currently investigating a complaint from Montreal's Papineau riding regarding new members signed up by Volpe. It appears a significant number of the new members had not paid their membership fees or filled out their membership forms themselves. The complaint is still under investigation, so its possible that there is nothing to this but given Volpe's previous track record it wouldn't suprise me. The Volpe campaign has denied this (of course) and says "[t]his is dirty political games being played by the other camps." Now the final paragraph states that only one other candidate managed to recruit a large number of members (Ignatieff) but there were "no anomalies" found. So it is possible that one campaign is trying to cause problems for Volpe. Guess we'll just have to wait and find out.
There is one thing above all else that bothers me about Volpe and his leadership campaign. And its the fact that he is using this purely for personal gain. He doesn't have a chance of winning (at least I hope not) but will play a huge role in the determination of who eventually wins. Many already see him as the "kingmaker" who will give his delegates to the highest bidder. And god only knows what he'll be promised to get those votes.
Finally, Jason Cherniak noticed an interesting similarity between Joe Volpe and Francis Griffin (Peter's dad on Family Guy).
There is one thing above all else that bothers me about Volpe and his leadership campaign. And its the fact that he is using this purely for personal gain. He doesn't have a chance of winning (at least I hope not) but will play a huge role in the determination of who eventually wins. Many already see him as the "kingmaker" who will give his delegates to the highest bidder. And god only knows what he'll be promised to get those votes.
Finally, Jason Cherniak noticed an interesting similarity between Joe Volpe and Francis Griffin (Peter's dad on Family Guy).
UPDATE:
The Toronto Star has done some more digging into this issue. Appears a few of the new members the Volpe campaign signed up are no longer with us. One of them passed away nearly 17 years ago.
Also, this story is beginning to gain some traction in the blogosphere, check out these great posts on the issue:
Far and Wide
Nate Dawg
And CTV's Parliament correspondent David Akin
Technorati Tags: Joe Volpe, Liberals, Papineau
posted by Daz at 3:01 p.m.
1 Comments:
Well, I believe that some of other candidates have the interests of the Liberal Party in mind.
I'll admit I don't much about Joe Volpe. But his conduct during this leadership run has turned me away from him. The impression I get from him (or his campaign team) is that he's doing this for himself. He very well may be a good Liberal as you say but his actions have caused me to doubt him.
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