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05/31/2003 Archived Entry: "Not That Radioactive Though"

NOT THAT RADIOACTIVE THOUGH: Of course, I also saw on CPAC, a MacKay organizer come over to Orchard and play the tempter. Orchard, who quite frankly has been looking rather bewildered all day (right after Brison dropped off, Orchard actually tried to waltz over to Brison to persuade Brison to swing over to him, but he was brutally rebuffed), listened to the MacKay's organizer's spiel about how MacKay was open to Orchard's ideas, how impressed MacKay was with Orchard's campaign and his ability to get grassroots support, blah, blah, blah. Just before he left, the Mackay organizer even promised to buy Orchard's book, which sounded well and truly like butt-kissing of the fakest sort. One awaits with grim amusement the spectacle of Prentice and MacKay trying to court Orchard supporters after the next ballot. I mean, gee, what can either of them say? "I was for trade liberalization, but now I change my mind" or "Let's emphasize the adjective and ignore the noun." If the Progessive Conservatives were actually a party organized along ideological lines, Orchard would be laughed at. However, with the party in disarray and with policy positions that all seem ever so slightly to the right of the Liberals, this William Jennings Bryan clone is going to decide who's going to be the next leader of the Progressive Conservative Party.