On skin, thin

Conception Bay South MHA Terry French joins the Thin-Skinned Club.

Apparently, the sound of provincial Liberals daring to call VOCM call-in shows en masse – a tactic which is apparently the registered intellectual property of the Tories – and, above all else the voice of Roger Grimes, Enemy of the People, was enough to prompt a rare appearance by the Hon. Gentleman.

And how does a body know that Terry French is tragically thin-skinned?

Why, because he confesses his medical condition to Randy Simms on the open air: “This got under my skin enough that I gotta call Randy!”

Apparently the worst ThoughtCrime of the nefarious Librils who called in earlier in the day was to question Danny Williams-Government’s record in rural regions. By way of contrast, he highlights the example of the former Liberal government announcing dialysis for St. Anthony back in 2000 – more than once.

“Go back, check the press release [sic],” he suggests, front-forming a neologistic plural, “press release”. (The singular, presumably, is the soon-to-be-backformed “ press relea”; cf. the etymology of “pea”.)

“Maybe as a government we’re not selling [our spending] enough, maybe we’re not promoting it enough,” he elaborates.

So yes, let’s go back and check a press relea or two.

Isn’t it awful when the government announces stuff – especially in rural areas – over and over and over again, for years before actually spending the money?

Is Mr. French’s skin as thin when it’s his own crew engaging in Tobin- and Grimes-era Liberal behavior?