For our international readers, Tom Lukiwski is a right-wing MP from Saskatchewan who replaced MP Larry Spencer, considered too homophobic by the Conservative Party. Mr. Lukiwski's own anti-homosexual comments were caught on this video. In his case, though, the Conservative Party quickly moved to accept Lukiwski's apology and within a few hours declared the matter "closed." Brad Wall is now the premier of Saskatchewan. He is seen the video making comments in a mock Ukrainian accent. The premier of the time, Roy Romanow, is of Ukranian heritage. Here is the full unedited tape.
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A Scandal in Bohemia ...aka Saskatchewan Written by shagya on 2008-04-07 09:10:00By now everyone in Saskatchewan has heard about the videotaped comments which federal member of parliament Tom Lukiwski made about gays back in the nineties. Our local paper devoted several pages based on an audio transcription of the tape. What is interesting is the general level of intelligence of these people. It is almost impossible to follow what was being said although it's likely these turkeys were drunk at the time. None of this really surprises me. Naturally the illiterate slobs who voted for this guy, or at least some of them, are whining that the NDP ( New Democratic Party, Canada's social democrats) are fishing "for dirt". The fact is the guy actually did what he did and who gives a damn about the NDP anyway? A better question is why our local neo-cons were dumb enough to actually put this stuff on tape in the first place? Naturally Lukiwski has gone through the motions of apology but what does that prove? American politicians of the far right have gone through similar genuflection in the direction of Martin Luther King Jr. (see my previous blog including a note on MLK) a man who laboured for the dignity of blacks in the United States and for a social democratic regime in that country. Considering the general disdain for anything which could be labelled as "socialist" or even "liberal" this would seem to suggest that politicians everywhere are con-artists capable of adjusting their rhetoric to the needs of the moment.
Written by shagya on 2008-04-07 09:14:59Since there is no way to edit older comments I've put in this errata afterwards. The phrase " see my previous ...MLK" should be deleted as it has no reference to this forum.
Rally @ Lukiwski's Office Written by wagmitfam on 2008-04-07 15:48:14From Facebook:
Event Info Name: Resign Tom Lukiwski Tagline: Show the Conservatives that this matter is NOT closed! Host: The B Team Type: Causes - Protest Time and Place Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm Location: in front of Tom Lukiwski's Regina office Street: 965 McIntosh Street City/Town: Regina, SK Contact Info Email:
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