rm needs de-Manning on the 4 other hand PRESTON Manning made a mistake when he expelled Bob Ringma and Dave Chatters from his cau- cus. He should have expelled himself. The row over homosexual- ity and “racism” was typical. Don't upset the liberal media, he was saying. So instead of defending those two he used the axe on them. In doing so he has proba- bly ruined the party. His message was that Reformers speak an honest word about pansies and “‘dis- crimination”’ at their peril. A few short years ago “KEN BAXTER LAWYER 25 Years ‘ such a thing could not have been imagined. Now, such is the power of the homosexual lobby, that sodomites can flaunt their funny wares with impunity and a party that many saw as Canada’s last hope gets its knickers in a knot over nothing. Has Manning been eating mad cow steaks? He says the choice is between a party that can earn respect, or one that “shrinks into a cranky rump.” Sorry. The nation is wait- ing for a retum to sanity. It is the politically correct who are cranky but Preston is afraid to grasp that nettle. What he means by “respect” is that he wants the liberal media to purr like six cats over him. Especially the Globe & Mail, the homosexu- al crowd's top lobbyist. He doesn’t understand that he should lead the media rather than letting the media lead him. Glen Clark under- stands that, which is why they follow him around like a lot of happy idiots. The Reform Party boss ~ a word I use advisedly — was acting true to form when he made Ringma and Chatters walk the plank. We've seen it LONSDALE GiJAY NORTH VANCOUVER 988-6321 Labour $9.50 per panel anit:ed, $10.50 lined. 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No doubt he would have been all right if he had said black Anglo Saxons should get involved, North Vancouver's Ron Gamble quit when, at Manning's instigation, the party “reversed its democratic position” on polls and refer- endums. Ron was one of the founders of the party and was working for rea? reform. MEOITCCO KOKANEE Save $80 © Fun chromoty frame + Shimano STX/Acera X I AECRIOLIS XC-600) j Suspension af i Stagecoach t Ciko Sale Terms Cash Cheque Master Card Visa BAG? Sales Final Prices Good Thru May 28/96 Art Hanger, the most effective immigration critic Ottawa had seen in 40 years, was dumped and replaced by the harmless Val Meredith, who spends her time looking for spies who aren't spies. The boss told Reformers they must not have Bill Gairdner speak at their meet- ings. An intellect and a great Canadian, Gairdner is the author of The Trouble With Canada _ and other books. People holding executive positions on groups like the . Association for the Preservation of English in Canada (APEC) were told they were out. Manning was asked who was playing God, and was there going to be a Vice-Chairman of Ideological Purity? There was. A screening process was set up for candi- dates that looked like a check- list for joining the FBI. Did their families support their ambitions? Did they drink too much? What was the state of their bank balances? Were they respectable? And so on. Under Manning, Reform has become a party like any other, Or, as the Globe purringly puts it, he is “con- cerned about reining in the excesses of populism.” The “excesses of pop- ulismn” are of course a revolt against old-style power poli- tics and new-style political correctness. With Reform, people thought they saw an answer to the madness that has afflicted Canada since Pierre Trudeau started wreck- ing the joint. They have been disappointed. Preston Manning is trying to get rid of the Reform Party. 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