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Extra, extra, read all about it! Premier Brad Wall is suing The Canadian Press over a headline to a story about him yukking it up with the Last of the Bigot Pack at a party back in 1991:
OfCourseI'mSuing,I'mAnIdiot-Didn'tYouSeeTheTape?
So, let me get this straight, Brad. You're at a campaign party for the unconvicted Grant Devine where you allow yourself to be videotaped affecting an Eastern European accent and mocking Roy Romanov's unfortunate head location. Meanwhile your buddy holds forth on "faggots with dirt on their fingernails that transmit disease" as various other sundries in the room make sexist hay with Lynn Haverstock. Update to 2008 and everybody and his Uncle Uke has read the transcript of the video, and - you're suing The Canadian Press over a headline that you claim damages your reputation?
I dunno, Brad. Maybe the judge will be an incredibly stupid New Conservative, too, and you'll win.
