Sober second thoughts on Svend
I decided not to write anything substantive about the Svend Robinson bombshell until I had a chance to think about it. I didn't want to say anything rash or regrettable. Well, it's been two days, and I still don't have much to say. Svend Robinson is one of my least favourite MPs. I think he has done a great deal of damage to Canada and has hurt our image abroad. Jonathan Kay had it right: Svend is a total narcissist. I also think he is a shamelss sympathy hound: he did not have to do a press conference with the sobbing and the melodrama. He could have just released a written statement announcing his intention to not seek re-election. He could have, just this once, decided not to look for pity by playing the victim card. But no. Svend has to be the story, and the media eats it up.
If he really does have stress problems, fine. I do hope he gets better. But is it really possible that stress from a hiking accident that occured way back in 1997 -- yes, that is seven years ago -- caused him to steal a piece of expensive jewelry? I find it hard to believe.
Anyway, I'm sure he'll be back running in the 2008 election.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 2:44 PM
