POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL
Sorry, Ms. Blatchford, I don't think you can convincingly defend Ms. Raitt.
You and other critics of the public's reaction miss the point entirely.
Yes, it was a private conversation.
Yes, Ms. Raitt undoubtedly knows about cancer.
Yes, Ms. Raitt may be an intelligent person.
No, use of the word "sexy" in and of itself is not horrible.
It is the total sense of this conversation that is wrong. We, virtually all of us, know that it is wrong.
It displays a truly callous monomaniacal ego at work, thinking only of the career advantages she can reap from the situation, not the kind of person most Canadians want making important decisions in government.
Ms. Raitt is not unique in politics with the narcissistic quality of her personality, but she has been caught and documented.
Even if Harper doesn't dump her and she doesn't resign, I think she will remain damaged goods as far as national politics go.
