Prior to Monday's federal cabinet swearing-in-ceremony, there had been much talk among the chattering classes about a possible ministerial appointment for James Moore, the young, up-and-coming Conservative MP for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam. But when that appointment didn't come through, no one was probably more shocked and disappointed than Mr. Moore himself. After all, on February 5, the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed politico added this entry to his blog: "A few words seared into my brain that I've been saying for about 2 weeks now: 'Mr. Harper will announce his cabinet on Monday. I have nothing more to say.' Where is Superman when you need him to spin the globe a little faster so Monday arrives sooner?" Mr. Moore hasn't added anymore entries since that posting.
Hopes go astray?
February 7, 2006
Poor poor James. What a letdown for Stephen Harper's chief fart-catcher.
Funny he doesn't post anything on his blog now after weeks of incessant postings on the smallest of minutae.
Poor James. Now he gets to sit in the house and take all the abuse directed at the Ministry of Pork.
Harper says that Flaherty represents Toronto. Flaherty is from Oshawa, which is about as far away from downtown Toronto as Hope is from downtown Vancouver.
Port Moody is a 25 minute ride on the West Coast Express from downtown Vancouver.
Why did Harper need Emerson? Moore could have represented Greater Vancouver just fine. And he would have been working hard for the future, because he will run for re-election.
Emerson has obviously decided that he is never running again. If he tried to run again, he would be burned at the stake.
Food goes in here.
James previous judgement includes a steamy romance with Rachel Marsden. This does not bode well.
Now with Gurmant out of the picture, it looks like James may get a chance to partner up with Neena.
Maybe if he hadn't voted for same sex marriage...
I can't believe James Moore is going to have to sit in Qp and do all the difficult work for a party hack who was appointed to the senate.
Let's be Frank, James would be a liability.
I think appointing James Moore as Public Works minister and Government services could have killed two birds with one stone. They would have representation from the GVRD (They don't have any from Toronto proper, so if Jim Flaherty is good enough for the GTA, then James Moore is for the GVRD) and they could have an actual person elected as a Conservative be public works minister, not to mention he has been a loyal supporter of Harper from day one unlike Emerson who was an enemy of Harper as recently as 16 days ago. Anyways I knew Harper was a slimeball all along, which is why I didn't vote for him and won't be voting for him next time unless he changes radically (which is doubtful).