Canada's Libs: not ready for prime time

Shortly after the selection of Stephane Dion as party captain, the Canadian Liberal Party looks like it's crashing on the shoals.In the first place, it appears that Dion holds dual citizenship (Canadian and French) and is unwilling to make his allegiance to Canada manifest by giving up his French citizenship.In the second place, it appears his followers have engaged in naked anti-Semitism, probably offending those Jews who haven't had the wit to shift over to Harper and the conservatives.Bob Rae was the target of anti-Semitic attacks during the Liberal leadership contest, motivated at least in part by the fact that his wife is Jewish. Sources close to Rae say that his wife, Arlene Perly Rae, was approached during last weekend's convention by a delegate who didn't realize she was the candidate's wife. The delegate told her not to vote for Rae "because his wife is Jewish." Perly Rae stonily informed the delegate that she was the wife in question. The delegate beat a hasty...(Read Full Post)