Is`t that the truth!

It just goes from one Conservative to the next, what a circus!!! Political leadership at all levels is a joke in this Country!

It’s the same senate which he should have abolished or reformed starting on the first day of his majority government election victory. Perhaps there is a lesson here: Keep your promises!

Harper shows no dignity in his actions around this issue.

Harper appointed the partisan senators to the senate so they could campaign on behalf of conservatives and raise money through fund raisers. He took two off the field in media as a reward for partisan reporting, and added two to his team at tax payer expense. Duffy was their top draw as a conservative senator fundraiser.

Harper turned a blind eye to the senators expenses while campaigning on his behalf and even had his PMO office approve of the expenses.

Harper feigned ignorance when confronted with the growing scandal.

Harper turned on his former top shelf senators when it appeared they could become a political liability.

Harper tried to orchestrate a buy out from conservative slush funds to silence the auditors and media investigating the scandal… paying for the defense lawyers for the Senators, and eventually offering conservative funds to pay out the expenses made campaigning for the conservatives last election.

Harper chopped off his PMO chief of staff throwing him under the bus to insulate himself from the cover-up.

Harper would only comment on the subject in the Parliament where he is immune from liability for not telling the truth.

Harper stonewalled getting to the bottom of his involvement and tried to deflect attention to the EU free trade deal.

Harper pushes to have the senators removed without due process to silence them from his involvement in the scandal. Assumes he has the role of king to remove as well as appoint those that cross his political agenda… and the rule of law and due process be damned.

Harper continued to throw others under the bus to save his own skin, including tarnishing the image of his fall guy in the PMO office. Demonizing anyone and everyone for their wrong doing, but taking no responsibility for his own actions.

Harper speaks at the conservative convention and now blames the whole senate for this scandal and refuses to take any personal responsibility of any kind.

Problem is the deceit and cover-up here seems benign, but its about trust now… not senators expenses, or his use of senate appointments to put partisan campaigners on the campaign trail.

If the senate has no accountability… then what about the Prime Minister, shouldn’t he also have some accountability for his actions?

A sad state for democracy in Canada IMO.

A person who is famous for scheming and micro managing everything down to the smallest detail, has everybody standing at attention and nobody is even allowed to break wind without that person’s previous approval can not later make a believable claim of having been completely unaware of what was going on.

It just doesn’t add up and it doesn’t pass the smell test, in my humble opinion.