Question Chretien's Credibility

We listen to you in fast forward
'Cause we don't wanna hear that weak **** no more!
--Kanye West

...Guess who's back? Back again? Chretien's back......
He created a monster
Cause no one wants to see Martin no more,
They want lil' guy, He's chop liver
Well if ya want Jean this is what he'll give ya
All little bit of lies mixed with monied sponsor

Chretien's sad appearance highlighted how such a once-powerful man could be a total lowlife:

He also had trouble explaining how he could be unaware of campaign contributions made to the Liberal cause by his friend Corriveau, a onetime vice-president of the party.

Documents show that Corriveau, his wife and two of his companies gave more than $43,000 to the party between 1993 and 2003.

More went to Chretien's personal re-election campaigns - although there was some dispute about exactly how much.

Forms filled out by Chretien's riding officials after the 2000 campaign listed donations that year of $5,000 by the Corriveaus and their companies. But other papers from Elections Canada put the total at over $13,000.

Chretien theorized the difference may have arisen from a fundraising golf tournament held in his riding that year, but was otherwise at a loss to explain things.

"I didn't take care of that," he said. "I had an official agent who signed . . . . He didn't show me the list of people who had contributed."

Yeah, yeah...it's just a coincidence that the biggest contributors got money for doing little or no work. Just a coincidence. Just a coincidence....

Here's a classic tyrant move: discredit the non-political actors holding you accountable:

Chretien also took a thinly veiled shot at Auditor General Sheila Fraser, who broke open the lid on the sponsorship scandal with a scathing report outlining bad management and apparent fraud.

"A prime minister has every responsibility and must make decisions that no one else can make, not even auditors general," Chretien said.

Don't you get it? He had to give money to pay back his contributors, Sheila. God, what is wrong with you? Haven't you ever had a friend you needed to pay $50? Just pretend the actual figure is several million dollars, your friends are ad firms, and the money is actually from the public purse.

Don't try to distance yourself from him, Sheila- feel his pain.

Roy traced a documentary trail that indicated the Liberal government was already mounting sponsorship events - although it didn't initially call them by that name - before the 1995 Quebec referendum was even held.

Among the transactions listed were a $550,000 ad campaign singing the praises of federal small business programs, $2.6 million for billboard advertising, and $250,000 for car races.

Chretien insisted he wasn't aware of those detailed figures

Ooooops. We started the program after the referendum to save the country....Unless of course we were already raiding the piggy bank, er, public funds for cash.

Of course. You started the program, you were the PM, your henchmen have their names all over the damn thing, but you still attempt to have plausible deniability. Lotta nerve.

Should've realised that you
should've told the truth
should've realised you know what I'll do

You're in SUSPENSION you're a LIAR

Now I wanna know know I wanna known why
you never look me in the face
Broke a confidence just to please your ego
should've realised you know what I know

I know where you go everybody you know
I know everything that you do or say
so when you tell lies I always be in your way
--Sex Pistols