Wilfully colourblind

Listening to Jobn Babb, President of the PC Party of Dannyland (and future Chief Electoral Officer) the other day on VOCM, was a perfect example of why it's smart, if you value clean shirts and monitors and a functioning keyboard, to drink your coffee through a straw.

John Babb, you see, outlined reasons why — other than the fact that he's a bitterly partisan blue-goggle-wearing Tory and a designated attack poodle, like Paul Oram, whose job it is to go out and say the things that might seem unseemly coming from His mouth — he doesn't like the provincial Liberal opposition.

They are too "negative", he says.

They engage in "non-constructive criticism."

And "personal attacks."

Assuming that this is true, or at least that it is more true than the behaviour of Danny Williams, or anyone else, in opposition, it then raises the question...

Why does John Babb support Danny Williams?

After all, Danny Williams has built his political career one nasty personal attack at a time:

Mr Justice Raymond Halley: On Tuesday, the premier commented on Halley's ruling, saying the judge possibly "got up on the wrong side of the bed" before he made his decision [in the Max Ruelokke case].

Joyce Hancock: "These people should do their homework, the Opposition and the Joyce Hancocks of this world, who selectively criticize when women are replaced, but who conveniently forget to support us when women are appointed."

Max Ruelokke: "I want people there who are going to represent the interests of the people of the province. I have a problem with the fact that Mr. Ruelokke came out of the oil industry."

Steven Harper: "For him to come out and conduct himself in the way he does, Steve doesn't deserve any better than that."

Suggestions for additions to this list are more than welcome.