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Joe
Peschisolido:
Its understandable why you crossed over to the Liberals!
They don't have any principles except naked ambition for power
and neither do you!
You should resign as MP so that Richmond can vote in the man
& party of their choice.
Ken Palmer
[ken.palmer@nucleus.com]
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is a nice little ditty I received from a constituent:
HE WAS BIG
AND BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL
IN A CRAGGY SORT OF A WAY.
HE CAME TO THE WEST TO DO HIS BEST
AND HE WON THE POLITICAL FRAY
SO WE CHEERED HIM OFF TO OTTAWA
TO BATTLE THE LIBERAL FOE.
HE BETRAYED OUR TRUST AND SO NOW IS CUSSED
AS THAT INFAMOUS "TURNCOAT JOE".
ELLA
J.
Allen Edge
[aledge@shaw.ca]
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| haha
your site is hilarious, show that jerkass how much of an ass he
really is.
micheLe
[mucksta@yahoo.com]
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Peschisolido
has been relegated to an obscure chair in the Commons Chamber
from which his presence is unlikely ever to be acknowledged. From
this vantage point, Joe, it is improbable that our constituency
will be visited with any perceptible benefit through your initiative.
On the other hand, Joe, you, personally, will likely do quite
well
bill buchanan
[buchb@shaw.ca]
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Joe
Peschisolido
We
don't normally believe in addition by subtraction, but in this
case we can't help but wonder if the Canadian Alliance didn't
get a bit stronger the moment this B.C. MP bolted for greener
pastures.
A
former Ontario Liberal who turned up running for the Alliance
leadership in 2000, Peschisolido never quite explained what
it was that drew him to the new party, other than the fact that
his old one didn't have much use for him. But that didn't stop
him from relocating to British Columbia and running for the
Alliance against junior minister Raymond Chan whom, by a combination
of circumstance and luck, he managed to defeat.
Knowing
that his chances of winning re-election as an Alliance MP were
slim, and never having allowed party loyalty to get in his way
before, Peschisolido was clearly looking for an opportunity
to seek shelter on the Liberal benches. And so, when then-caucus
colleague Roy Bailey piped up about the drawbacks of having
an "Asiatic" Veterans Affairs Minister, Peschisolido
wasted no time in voicing his outrage and leaping into Jean
Chrétien's waiting arms.
We're
still not quite sure why the Liberals wanted this guy, since
they're hardly in danger of losing their majority government
any time soon. But for the Alliance, this could actually prove
to be a blessing - because now, they'll be able to put forward
a more deserving candidate in Richmond in the next federal election,
and hope Peschisolido isn't able to fluke a victory for the
second time in a row.
Pundit
Magazine
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Turncoat
Joe
The Liberals need puppies on leashes to lead around parliament
& now they have their Joe back again to join the rest of
the litter. I say good riddance to another disloyal weak link!
BLANCHARD
[blanchac@cadvision.com]
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you
were sent in by the liberals to destroy the party from within.
anyways you have a criminal mind
hrris
family
[harrisrm@sprint.ca]
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So
Joe is a Lawyer! Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!! Jim Carrey's
movie "Liar Liar" truely discribe an unprincipaled
person, him being a lawyer.
All Canadians should spit on him as he slithers by.
Begone Jim, lick the boots of your new master, and remember
what you have chosen, "AXE THE TAX", "RECIND
FREE TRADE", "I HAVE PEPPER ON MY STEAK", "I
SPEAK TO THE HOMELESS GUY ON THE CORNER", SCHWINIGATE -
COPPS - FREY - ECT ECT ECT. These are TRUTH's, not speculation.
The CA may be getting their s_i_ together, but at least they
are trying to change a non-demorcratic system.
SHAME SHAME
Marc
Bouchard
[marc52@telusplanet.net]
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To
Mr. Peschisolido,
The
people of your constituency voted for you because you were an
Alliance candidate. They did not vote for Mr. Chan - Liberal.
Do the right thing, step down, and stand as a Liberal in a by-election.
If the people of Richmond truly want you and not the party,
then you have nothing to fear.
Andrea
Joy Hiebert
[ajhiebert@hotmail.com]
Vancouver
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Dear
Mr. Peschisolido:
Do you even realize how immoral and shameful your act of deserting
your Alliance supporters is? Has it even occurred to you what
a traitorous act it was? Or are you just showing your true colors,
Liberal colors, Liberal morals, Liberal lack of shame or accountability?
Having met you on occasion in Ottawa at the UA Convention, and
again elsewhere, you seemed like a decent, honorable guy. Now
your true nature is coming out. I guess once a Liberal, always
a Liberal. The Liberals are held in high disgust by a majority
of Canadians because of their arrogant attitude, their tendency
to totalitarian government, their socialist engineering of society,
their rude dismissal of what most Canadians think important,
their self-serving actions, their lies and deceit, their attempt
to ignore what happened on September 11, their dishonesty in
Parliament, their hypocritical and crooked leadership, etc.,etc.,etc.
Will you feel at home in that group? Obviously so. Count your
days in Parliament, Joe. They are numbered.
John
DeRinzy
[derinzyj@cadvision.com]
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What
is it with this JOE business. I as a Richmond voter never got
to know him that well to refer to him as JOE. To me he was MR.
PESHISOLIDO until he showed his real self and I had to drop
the MR.
Peter
R.
[envirocleen@shaw.com]
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Joe
did, what he did, within a legal framework and has bought himself
some convenient publicity. Publicity I might add, is always
good, whether positive or negative.
Obviously,
Joe has an agenda. I have my thoughts, however, it would not
be prudent to speculate to that end at this time, particularly
on this forum. I don't think Joe's a bad guy. He is a politician
and it seems, a survivor. Now, if Joe is the kind of survivor
who can himself, survive and float a sound political platform
for his constituents and his fellow "person" then
Joe may have more substance than you give him credit for.
I
suppose What I am saying is; many people in politics have jumped
ship, Ralph Klein, John Turner to name two. So what is wrong
in being honest with ones-self? None of us are perfect we all
make mistakes and if we learn from them all the better. Perhaps
they are not mistakes and instead evolutionary decisions we
must make in these fast changing times.
I
think it behooves Joe to make a public statement to his Richmond
constituents on his intentions, and his obligations to the people
of Richmond. Perhaps reassurances are in order. The important
thing here is, that Richmond be represented effectively, in
Ottawa with full accountability.
Having
said this, Joe needs to restate what mandate he is operating
under, for the betterment of Richmond, given the climatic change
in political agendas. For now, until I see any results, I reserve
my judgement!
George
Kosciuk
[george.kosciuk@3web.net]
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| Jim:
I
have a composed a poem for your entertainment and / or the entertainment
of others. Please feel free to distribute it widely.
There was
a guy called Jumpin Joe,
Where'd he go did no one know,
One day he's a Liberal,
Then he's no more.
Ranger!
My
apologies to the Irish. Maybe its a Haiku?
Trevor
Pinto
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I
loved your e-mail. I have sent to Joe expressing my disgust.
I would think that Chrztian will give him a safe seat in Ontario
in the next election........Wanna bet?
Terry
Lamping [tlamping1@cogeco.ca]
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This
site is the kind of immature ranting that continues to prove the
Alliance will never gain the respect it takes to form a government.
You should keep Stockwell Day. He is SO clearly representative
of your inexperience and delusional pettiness. I'll bet
this never appears in your reader's comments page. Lots
of luck in the future.
Freddie in Halifax
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Greetings
Freddie,
and
welcome to the ranks of the petty and delusional, seeing how
your rant also made the web site. Give the web master his due
for fairness even though he only has your a first name for a
signature, unlike most of the rest of us who posted.
That
aside, in your generous moments Freddie, give some thought to
the voters who were deceived by a turncoat who has virtually
stolen something from the very people who elected him. Trust.
Stolen trust.
Trust
in his word Freddie, that he would represent them as an Alliance
member who shared their beliefs and values and not as a self
serving opportunist.
If
Joe Peschisolido had any intestinal fortitude he would have
resigned his seat and stood in a bi-election as a liberal.
Cheers!
Joe
Molnar
Woodstock, Ont.
joemolnar@rogers.com
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Interesting
to think that this turncoat's name freely translated might be
something like: "fishing for money" from peschi =
fish, solido = an imperial roman coin - in this case, something
like 30 must have been involved.
Mark Perry [marperry@home.com]
Winnipeg, MB
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Reminds
me how my buddies use to call him Joe
"Pesky-a-sleazo". I guess the name will make a
comeback now.
The
name stuck for me and my buddies when he showed
off his Masonic ring to me at UA1. A few months later
I learned that he was not even a Master Mason(as he
always suggested) when quizzed by a friend who he
wanted to be an organizer for his ill-fated leadership
campaign. Needlessly to say my friend turned down the
"opportunity".
Anyways enjoyed the site. Maybe the silver lining
will be Adrian Wade MP for Richmond. I can only hope.
Andy
Bowen
[andybowen@yahoo.com]
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Great
fun but isn't there a proverb about rats
and sinking ships?
;)
Ron
Graham [rgraham@grahamworks.com]
Edmonton
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I
am not a resident of your riding, but I have been a member of
Reform and Alliance since 1991.
In 1993, prior to the federal election, Joe P. phoned me to
ask for a meeting as I had already won the nomination for my
constituency of Don Valley North, Toronto. His Etobicoke riding
was soon to have their nomination meeting and he wanted to learn
more about the Reform party and my take on the prospects of
the party in Toronto. We had a lengthy lunch at the Elliott
House in Mississauga. Joe won the nomination for his riding
and like all of us in Ontario (except Ed Harper) we lost.
Loyal Reformers who ran as candidates were mostly first timers
not only as candidates but also in the political process. We
learned how the other political parties behave in elections,
but Preston stated many times, "keep to the high road"
don't try to match the unethical tactics of the PCs and Liberals.
Because I got to know Joe through Reform gatherings over the
years, like hundreds of other Reformers, I worked very hard
for his campaign in the Etobicoke by-election, which he lost.
He lost again in 1997. One could sense the anger and frustration
in him at losing yet again, but not so much for the party as
for his own ego and personal ambition.
To cut a long story short, having known Joe for these last 11
years, I am disgusted with his recent defection to the Liberals.
My sympathy goes out to Alliance members and policy supporters
who voted Joe in against the Liberal candidate. He will learn
however, that by taking the "low road" he has killed
his political career by this short-sighted act. Does he really
think that Jean Chretien will support him over Raymond Chan
as the candidate in the next election?
Joe, enjoy your brief claim to fame, you have nowhere else to
go now, after your despicable decision, but back to anonymity.
Peter Cobbold [peter.cobbold@canada.com]
Reform candidate 1993 & 1997, Toronto
Past director Don Valley North, Toronto
Past President, South Shore riding, Nova Scotia
PS Please forward to Joe if you wish.
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I
guess Joe's conservative credentials were
more Peschi than solido.
Stuart
Grant [Stuart.Grant@city.ottawa.on.ca]
Ottawa
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Great
idea, great job.
A
fitting tribute to the most recent example of why people detest
both lawyers & politicians. Joe perfectly exemplifies why
both stereotypes exist.
Mom
must be proud.
Feel
free to post.
Jim
Huziak [jrh@imagewireless.ca]
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Mr.
Peschisolido got his seat as a Canadian Alliance representative
and thanks to my vote. He has NO right to claim that he is representing
the whole of Richmond. He's NOT representing me! Nor the other
votes that made him win.
I
want MY vote back!
I'm
angry at the way he is treating the good faith of the voters
-- this is not a Banana Republic this is Richmond, BC, Canada.
What right does he have to leave a party and join another and
still claim he's a clean politician. He is a crook!
(Post
this if you want)
mongran@attglobal.net
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Hi
Jim:
As
a former MP/lawyer/now talkshow host – let me commend you
on the very funny bit you did on Peschisolido.
However,
your reason #10 does nothing for either politics or lawyers.
And you – I assume, as a party guy – may continue
to wonder why so many of us have our doubts about the Alliance.
Can <15% of Canadians be wrong?
Regards.
John
Gormley [jgormley@rawlco.com]
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Jim
,
thank
Pierre Bourque's page for the heads up of your good site on
Joe Peschisolido.
Give
Joe P credit for opportunism, he has found his real home, amongst
the prevaricating governing party, but perhaps the libs may
regret taking him in the long haul .
The tragic part is the deceit a turncoat has dealt to well meaning
electors for his own self serving benefit.
On
the brighter side however , Joe P, at the very least has just
handed Alliance the best rebuttal lines for the life of this
government.
All
his previous anti Liberal, Martin, Chretch, etc. statements
can be used as howitzers against the Libs, provided of course
there is someone in the Alliance benches willing to lob them.
Decorum
be damned! Nice, nice, nice in that place doesn't cut it when
the PM and his cabinet ministers lie through there teeth daily
and we just keep taking it!
Joseph
Molnar,
Oxford County Riding
Woodstock, Ont.
O.K
to post if you wish. . Hopefully it's not too off topic.
J.
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Excellent
work, Jim.
Matthew
Johnston [JohnsM@parl.gc.ca]
CA Research
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just think, 50 feet from Parliament Hill he is an absolute nothing.
Great
site. Next election I will donate to any candidate running
against Joe the Jerk.
Ed
Sweet
Toronto, Canada
Edward Sweet [duca@ca.inter.net]
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| Peschisolido's
disgraceful conduct is only indicitive of the lack of principles
and negligable respect that Joe has for both the democratic process
and the voters of Richmond. If he has any shred of integrity left
he would resign and submit himself to a by-election, in which
he would most likely be trounced.
Jeremy
Harrison
-Great
site, Jim. You can throw my e-mail address up if you want. Keep
up the great work!
Cheers,
Jeremy,
UofS Law, Pres. UofS CA Assoc.
[jeremy_harrison1@hotmail.com]
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Hey,
I love it !! Great work.
george - Calgary
ps Thank Borque for the circulation.
George
Zahary [zaharydg@shaw.ca]
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He's
had his 15 minutes in the spotlight.
I
wonder what the fickle boob will do for an encore?
However, with his integrity and honour, it appears he's back
where those virtues are not required.
Alex
Ritchie CA [aritchie@cadvision.com]
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Joe
Is nothing more than a shiver looking for a spine to run up.
Hans
Sanou [hsanou@sno.net]
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That's
five kinds of funny, Jim. Nice work!
Bryan
Rogers
Research Assistant
James Rajotte, M.P.
Edmonton Southwest
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Re:
jumpin' joe noflash-noclass
He
has rejoined the Liberal Borg machine as 168 of 168 - no mind
of his own, just a relentless pursuit of power.
Lorne
Birch [lorbirch@telusplanet.net]
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peschisolido's
actions are shameful. what can be done to remove him as member
of parliment for richmond?
do you have a petition or are you starting one, i am prepared
to volunteer to get signatures
lee mei hsien
mei hsien lee [leemeihsien@hotmail.com]
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Dear
sirs
Outrageous
behaviour. Another confirmation as to the disgust of voting
for politicians whose word and moral fibre have no foundation.
This is the outcome of the West's experiment with secular humanism.
The philosophy that " I know all " and that moral
fibre and the quest for the truth depends on how I feel at that
moment. What a joke. And when is the populace going to wake
up and put the fire to these servants of the public purse. It's
our fault. Just like a psychopath doesn't have any social restraints
once they use their charm to get their way, the politicians
behave similarly. We have to look in the mirror and blame ourselves
for getting "sucked in by these personalities.
There
is a comical saying about politicians. "Poli" from
latin meaning "many" and "tic" from old
English meaning " blood sucking organisms ". Peschisoldo
is a prime example. We in Richmond had a Liberal who we threw
out. How does Peschisoldo deal with that when he goes to bed?
But
in the end, it is us the electorate who have to take responsibility
and remove him from office for his immoral and insensitive actions
towards the citizens of Richmond.
Let's
turn to Emanual Swedenborg in conclusion
"It
is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to
affirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that
what is true is true, and that what is false is false, this
is the mark and character of intelligence."
Based
on this, Peschisoldo has a long ways to go to understand that
his actions were immoral. There is no excuse for his behaviour.
His lame excuse with regards to the racial insensitivity by
a member of his party is so childish and immature that I believe
he needs to reflect on his grasp on reality. As if the Liberal
policies have not destroyed the Canadian moral fibre with a
weak Canadian dollar, graft, health care crisis, policy lies
and immigration laxity etc etc. Jumping from fire to fire accomplishes
nothing unless a personal benefit is going to be accrued by
Peschisoldo.
Best Regards
Charn Deol (PhD)
Psychologist
charni [charni@shaw.ca]
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Sure you
can print this -
Jim Keegan
of Richmond, B.C. was quoted in the Grope and Fail on Wednesday
January 30, 2002
"Through
his action of crossing the floor, Joe Peschisolido has exposed
himself as a lying, hypocritical opportunist. He will be perfectly
at home with the federal Liberals."
To that
I would only like to add that Peschisolido is indeed a man without
honour and a low life like him we don't need in the Canadian
Alliance and the people of Richmond would do well to "allow"
him to move back to Quebec or Ontario where he can run for the
Liberals. Richmond and B.C.. deserves better than the likes
of this opportunist to represent them in Parliament.
Peter
Langer
Niagara Falls Riding
Peter and Mary [pemar@net2u.com]
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eh!.......fuggetaboutit!......lol.....but
it just goes to show there's no whore like a political whore.....
cheers,
PJH
PatrickJHamilton@aol.com
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| Jim,
the
site is great. I love it and so do other staffers.
Steve
Steven
Barrett
Executive Assistant
Dr. Keith Martin, M.P.
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