Joe Volpe's latest excuse as to why his leadership bid is a failure (as well as an attempt to deflect the small issue of his organization signing up DEAD people):
Still, Volpe, hinted at an ethnic smear campaign, saying he is not the choice of the party “establishment.” Volpe, an Italian-Canadian, also insisted he had been warned when he entered the race that he might be seen as an "outsider" or "not Canadian enough."
He got some backup on that point from disgraced former Liberal minister Alfonso Gagliano, the central figure in the sponsorship scandal who is flogging his new autobiography.
"I felt the same thing," Gagliano told reporters at his Montreal book launch. "There is a pattern here."
He said Volpe is "another good Italian-Canadian who is trying to get to the top of the Liberal party and we want to bring him down."
Liberals playing the race card? Never.
UPDATE: The National Post editorial board sums it up nicely: "Like Mr. Gagliano, Mr. Volpe is an outsider in the Liberal party not because of his ancestry, but because his sleazy fundraising activities remind everyone of the reasons his party was kicked out of power in January. And his thinly veiled claims of racism are an insult to those Canadians who have felt the sting of genuine discrimination."
