Chretien's communications director resigns over Bush "moron" remark.
But then we get a memo from the media advisor to the Alberta Government containing the phrase "that idiot, George Bush".
The memo, sent by e-mail to the Klein government's communications staff, referred -- in capital letters -- to "that idiot George Bush" in its assessment of last week's controversy.
Actually, read the entire thing. Once again you have someone saying hateful things, and then claiming that it was "completely unintentional", merely an "editing error". Hey, Canada, still want us to watch your back while you piss all of your money away on social programs and Kyoto accords? Why don't you insult us a little more, and see how that goes.
In a followup memo, company vice-president Jodine Chase apologized for what she called an "editing error" in the previous e-mail.
MediaWorks West provides the provincial government's public affairs bureau, its communications branch, ongoing summaries of news coverage through its media monitoring service called SCRUM. The public affairs bureau falls under Premier Ralph Klein.
An update issued at 1 p.m. Friday read: "New! Chr�tien refuses resignation of his communications director and says there is no evidence Fran�oise Ducros used the word 'moron' to describe THAT IDIOT (my caps) George Bush."
Ten minutes later, the company issued a correction and two hours later it circulated an apology under Ms. Chase's name.
"MediaWorks West sincerely regrets our editing error in today's 1 p.m. SCRUM. It was completely unintentional and the result reflects exactly the opposite sentiments of our staff," Ms. Chase wrote in her apology. "George Bush holds a BS from Yale and an MBA from Harvard ... and cannot be fairly characterized as uneducated or unintelligent."
Ms. Chase would not comment on the exchange.
Guess not. Too bad she didn't stop and think for just a second before sending out a memo to Government employees insulting the President of the US. Certainly is good to know that our allies are there for us.
Posted by nukevet at November 26, 2002 12:43 PMThis coming from a country with a currency worth half of ours, a nationalized health care system that is falling apart and sky-high taxes.
Hmmm?
Posted by: Brent on November 26, 2002 10:08 PM