The golf ball prime minister.

Jean Chretien, "da little guy from Shawinigan", former prime minister of Canada should appear next week before the Commission of Inquiry relating to the sponsorship scandal. He will be on the "hot seat" as the scandal is being investigated; the present prime minister will also testify.

Mr. Chretien may have derived some personal benefit from the golf balls that may have been paid for with “sponsorship” funds. Yes, Chretien golf balls, now, have a good laugh. With his skills as a golf player, he should be forgiven for using any Chretien golf balls. I predict that he will go down in history as “the golf ball prime minister”; he should have spent more time playing golf and less time in politics.

I believe his tenure is a reflection of personal hubris and a weak-knee Liberal party that should have had him replaced some time ago.


(Note: the above article along with three others that have recently appeared as blogs have been submitted to the Ottawa Citizen as letters to the Editor. One was published yesterday.)