Green With Envy
So I guess anybody who wanted to vote Green but didn't really think of it as a bonafide Party can rest assured that it is now.
Yes indeed. A former leadership candidate and the current Not Leader of the Green Party, David Chernushenko, is resigning from his post:
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David Chernushenko, who twice carried the Green banner in Ottawa Centre, says he is leaving for his own business and environmental interests, but hinted in an interview he believes Ms. May is shouldering too great a workload in the party and should also share the public spotlight with other party members.
"I would certainly encourage her, for her own health, to try to share the load more," Mr. Chernushenko said yesterday.
Mr. Chernushenko said he voluntarily gave up a $48,000-a-year salary as senior deputy to the leader at the end of May because the party was in debt and had laid off several other staff. He said he may seek the candidacy again for the next election if it is open at the time.
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WHOA, EH? I mean, I hope Elizabeth May isn't going to take THAT diss lying down (because she's so tired she can't get up):
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Ms. May, reached in Nova Scotia where she is challenging Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay in his Central Nova riding for the next election, reacted calmly to Mr. Chernushenko's comments. She acknowledged she does play a large role in the party, but insisted it is not affecting her health. She acknowledged she has dominated news coverage, but added the Green party has "a strong team," and sharing media attention is "always the struggle when you have a high-profile leader." Ms. May confirmed in June she had raised the possibility of resigning as leader during an internal dispute over her membership on the party's budget committee. At the time, she said she had a heavy workload and was being paid only $50,000 a year.
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Uh oh. Somebody's being a M-A-R-T-Y-R instead of a L-E-A-D-E-R, it seems to me. Okay, Elizabeth May, you're not paying me for this advice, so I'll have to give it to you for free. When you win the leadership, you immediately start calling the guy who didn't win but who's making only $2,000 less than you, "No. 2". Loud and clear. And you say things like, "I'm too busy being Leader of this stupid fucked up Party, I mean, fucked up by MEN Party, to do that. Get my No. 2 to do it. He's not doing anything."
You know, crap like that. Otherwise, people will think you're just a woman.
Trust me, Elizabeth May. Sooey knows.
