Man up

Wild Rose Country Premier has done it again.  Stepped right into another one.  This time it's about the awarding of a lucrative contract to sue tobacco manufacturers to a consortium of law firms that includes one in which her ex-husband toils.  Oh, and he was also the head of her transition team. 

While technically not illegal, it is nonetheless politically stupid because the Wildrose has jumped all over it with both feet.  "I did absolutely nothing wrong," she asserted, stamping her feet and wagging her finger during question period.  "I didn't really approve the choice of firms," continued our brilliant leader, in spite of the fact that pictures of her signature on the contract are all over the newspapers.  Oops!  Problem is, the Conservatives have been in power so long they have lost all sense of reality.  Everything they do -- legal and illegal -- is always OK by them. 

Alberta is still so young and petulant it absolutely won't vote Liberal because of Pierre Trudeau's national energy policy a hundred years ago.  Get over yourselves.   

Alison then proceeded to bemoan the fact that "the media are picking on me and my family".  Please.   If you want to play in the sandbox with the big boys and bullies, you can't act like a "girl" and pull the "poor little me" act when the going gets rough.  And blaming the media for your stupidity?  Well, that's always a dumb move.  Can't work both sides of the street Alison.

Step up and take it like a man.