Sunshine and rain

As a provincial Premier, Danny Wiliams has exclusive jurisdiction over sunshine.

When it's not Canada's fault, his ministers have full responsibility for rain.

Exhibit 9,326 on the subject. (Not that another was needed.)

The substance is bad enough, and on the available evidence appears to have seriously rattled DannyWilliamsAdministrationNewfoundlandLabrador.

But the style? Wowsers:

Williams's office referred questions to the provincial innovation's minister, who did not immediately return a request for an interview.

How hard must it suck to be Kathy Blunderdale? This is the second stinking, steaming diaper that Danny has handed her in recent weeks.

But curiously, after having sicced seven ministers and MHAs onto the Ministry of Truth's airwaves since Friday morning last, including repeat visits by Shawn Skinner and Trevor Taylor, to say nothing of the usual brigade of talking-points armed, unelected, ordinary comrade-citizens, singing the praises of the Cable Guys' plan and condemning as unpatriotic anyone who dares, dares question the wisdom of sinking $15-million in tax dollars into it, it would seem that at His behest, caucus, cabinet, and Conservative callers have, just as quickly, shut right up.

Elected Conservatives have made no talk-radio comments on the subject since Dave Denine on Wednesday morning. (Comrade-citizen "Michael" appears not to have received the memo before yesterday afternoon's Back Talk. Hi, Liz!)

Oh — surprise, surprise: it's a CRA polling period.

So this is the modus operandi in what increasingly looks like a slightly desperate bunker-in-the-sky over Confederation Building.

Get your ministers to concede defeat after hours on a Friday night. Have your minions defend your indefensibles.

But you are President of the Executive Council, and Minister of Sunshine.

Let the mortals run the Department of Rain.

Ignore the man behind the curtain.