CHECKMATE PLAN?

PUBLISHED IN THE TELEGRAM NEWSPAPER 6 MAY 2010 AS: WHAT'S COOKING

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Fabian Manning is talking about giving up a seat in the Senate, the dream job of any politician, just to try running for the Conservatives in the same seat he lost in the ABC Campaign. Who in their right mind would quit a job that pays very well ($132,000 a year plus expenses and is guaranteed until he turns 75) to take a chance on running for Member of Parliament ($75,000 a year) and no guarantee of being elected? Does Fabian know something we don't?

Danny Williams and Stephan Harper are having meetings to discuss many things. That's what they say.

What if Danny's last excursion to Ottawa was to give Stephan the "all clear" and guarantee Newfoundlanders and Labradorians will vote for the Conservatives if an election is called? Danny was successful on the ABC Campaign. Will he now have a campaign to vote only Conservative? What would he call it? Maybe CAOF (Conservatives Are Our Friends) or maybe ADHD (A Danny Harper Deal).

To kill Healthcare in NL, Danny Williams and Stephan Harper will have to have everything in place. House of Assembly full of Conservatives: CHECK. Healthcare in Ruins: CHECK. Doctors and Nurses ready to walk: CHECK. Federal Government seats in NL full of Conservatives, ???. Maybe that check will come during the next Federal Election. Then it's CHECKMATE for our Healthcare System in NL and the beginning of it in the rest of Canada.

Scary I know, but what do you think?

Robin Brentnall
Gambo, NL