Choice quotes

Apparently a few Con MPs, while not willing to identify themselves, aren't any happier with Harper's cabinet antics than most of the blogosphere:

"This looks like expediency, even hypocrisy," a veteran Conservative MP from Western Canada said of the appointments of David Emerson, who was elected last month as a Liberal, and Conservative campaign co-chairman Michael Fortier, who didn't run but will get a Senate appointment.

"This is shocking. It's just unbelievable. Who was Stephen talking to? We campaigned against this kind of stuff," the MP said.

A rookie MP said: "I'm not sure how I'm going to explain these appointments to my constituents. It's bewildering."

Unfortunately, no Con MPs who were willing to be named spoke out specifically against the Dear Leader, though a couple were willing to similarly mention the difficulty explaining the turnabout to their constituents. But with even Con MPs joining the fray, it should be glaringly clear that Harper's sudden anti-accountability turn won't be forgotten anytime soon. And nobody should be surprised if these quotes (combined with a few of Harper's campaign entreaties about the need to clean up government by preventing precisely what he did) end up making a huge contribution to future NDP campaigns on the issue.