Thinking Liberal Is Rebuked

OTTAWA (CP) - An outspoken Liberal backbencher earned a rebuke from the prime minister Wednesday when she called missile defence supporters "a coalition of the idiots." The debate over Canadian participation in the U.S. plan to build a space- based missile shield promises to be one of the hottest this autumn in a divided House of Commons under Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority Liberals. Carolyn Parrish, the Toronto-area MP with a history of anti- American comments, fanned the flames during a break from a Liberal caucus meeting. "We are not joining the coalition of the idiots," Parrish said at a small anti-missile-defence rally outside the Parliament buildings. "We should be joining the coalition of the wise." http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=news_home&articleID=1696968 [Editors note: The last time Ms Parrish spoke out about two of her colleagues, and called them 'Bastards', the media in both Canada nad the US had a field day. Now that she has referred to supporters of BMD as 'idiots' I expect that the media will once again twist this into an Anti-American statement. Please note: Anti-American and Anti-Canadian comments in this thread will be deleted. I will delete entire comments for one single violation of this policy. ViveLeCanada is about making Canada better, not bashing the US. It's also not a forum for our cousins to the south to fling mud at us. We are discussing Ms. Parrish, or BMD here, not Canada vs the United States. Play nice! Dr. Caleb]