The Written Word: Rafe Mair December 19th

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 03:45 AM

The Brian Mulroney/Karlheinz Schrieber saga has sullied the office of Prime Minister and ensured that Brian Mulroney’s reputation is in tatters. Quite apart from all else, a Prime Minister even out of office doesn’t take bags of cash from a crook – or anyone else for that matter.

After a speech I recently gave I responded to a question by simply stating that this was a falling out of thieves. When I heard Mulroney calling Schreiber the world’s worst liar I was forced to think that this would be far too great a coincidence.

There is one very important issue that hasn’t been canvassed. If this $225,000 or $300,000 was for legal work, did Mulroney apprise his law firm, Ogilvie and company with which he’s a partner? If he didn’t, that’s a serious breach of trust. Did he then do the work as an independent lawyer? If so, he’s obliged to put into a trust account and draw from it only as he did work. From his testimony, there was no written evidence of what he was going to do for Schreiber and how he was going to be able to bill. No evidence of an agreement – no receipt for these large sums of cash.

We also seem to have forgotten that on the face of it Mulroney lied under oath when he claimed and got $2.1 from us the taxpayers.

Most of all, Brian Mulroney has sullied the high office of Prime Minister and confirmed the accuracy of his nickname, Lyin’ Brian.

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Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 03:45 AM in Views by Rafe Mair

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Posted by: diplomat on December 19 2007 8:24 AM

There is a saying that states: *Tell me who your associates are and I'll tell you who YOU are.*

Then, there is another one: * Birds of the same feather flock together.*

Since the public and the committee have not been presented with a full account of what happened there are many more questions to be asked and explanations to be had and one may come to the conclusion that sayings like the ones above may indeed be applicable to the events in question.

Then there is the distinct possibility that this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on December 19 2007 11:05 AM

Probably right diplomat!
The trail could very well be quite bit longer, but my guess is,we won't ever get the whole scoop.
It is hard to believe Mulroney was the only one involved.
Somebody else had to know what was going on.
They are pretty good at covering up their own dirt,but I suspect that ol'Lyin'Brian will get a simple tongue lashing and sent on his way.
Unfortuntely for him,his place in history is not going be what he would like it to be!
And that is what he actually wants more than anything...respect as a great canadian Prime Minister.
Well,he is NOT a great canadian Prime Minister and he will just have to live with that!
What a horses ass!
I wonder if he has enough money now was it worht it?

Posted by: diplomat on December 19 2007 5:55 PM

Who is going to give him a tongue lashing?

Harper has already distanced himself from him and he has instructed all the other Tory MPs to do likewise.

Some politicians crave nothing more than fame and adulation, possibly statues and huge portrait paintings in the halls of parliament.

Otherwise they can't rest peacefully in their graves - why else have such a desperate desire for a monumental legacy?

I find it kind of pathetic! Would a normal person care about something like that?

Perhaps Mr. Gomery could be persuaded to do another investigation?

It sure looks like (to me anyways) that another *culture of corruption* needs to be exposed.