[Clive]

Sheila has a long history as a left leaning Liberal and Chretien loyalist, a former member of the party "rat pack" and a former cabinet minister until she got shoved aside by Martin and elbowed out of the candidacy for her own riding.

That Shiela would speak of the Liberal party or its leadership in other than the most glowing and partisan terms would have been inconceivable.

So it is interesting to see her writing as a columnist for the conservative oriented Sun Media flagship Toronto Sun and using her columns to take shots at Martin and the party.

"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."
from "The Mourning Bride", by William Congreve

[Clive]

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[benjaminjjones]

What is a grit?

or

How could it take you five minutes to cook your grits when it takes the entire grit-eating world 20 minutes?

[Loyal Buckeye]

Grits must rebuild.

Starting with a stick of butter.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Why is it that a putative candidate for the Grit leadership needs a minimum of $2 million in the bank to run? How can Liberals tell Canadians they are the party of the people?

I haven't been in Canada sinc my honeymoon, but I can answer the question by analogy to the Democrats here in the States.

The "party of the little guy" here happens to have the richest members of the Senate, including Kerry, Rockefeller, Kennedy and, until recently Corzine. The "party of the little guy" also has larger, albeit fewer, contributions. The ""party of the little guy" turns out to be the party of to exploit the little guy.

The Republican Party - especially its Reaganite "conservative" wing - is the party of the middle class. That's why it gets more modest contributions and fewer large ones.

[Democratshavenobrains]

I suggest giving them Kerry.

[dr_who_2]

Pretty gross. Sounds though like the Libs up there are like the T-1000 in Terminator 2. They're riddled with bullets, but bullets don't stop them, just slow them down.

[concrete is my business]

I do not see why the Liberals need an angry woman (Sheila Copps) right now.

I suppose they are stuck with her though. :0)

[Savage Beast]

What is a Grit, and why are they called Grits?

[motorola7]

John Manley’s announcement that he will not be a candidate to lead the federal Liberals is symptomatic of a greater malaise infecting Canada’s “natural governing party.”

Right, and sh_t is a farmer's natural fertilizer.