Damian Brooks does a nice job of reviewing the bloggers' reaction to Jean Chretien's testimony at the Sponsorship Inquiry. Check it out.
Here is his take on "small-town cheap":
...The real issue should have been why the hell
it costs Canadian taxpayers over $83 to get a single golf ball with a maple leaf and Chretien's name on it. Because the patriotic necessity of fighting Quebec separatism doesn't answer that question. The only plausible answer to that question is that the Liberals were either incompetent or corrupt.
...But even if you concede those points, that doesn't mean the governing Liberals were free to overpay for services rendered, or - more incredibly - were free to overpay specifically so contracted firms could funnel tax dollars into Liberal party coffers. Corrupt or incompetent, take your pick.
