Immaterial girl

A Liberal less than a week, la Stronach already has the ly - er, lingo down pat. Ms Stronach pronounces herself hurt by the reaction to her last-minute conversion to the Liberal cabinet cause, and touches all the right bases: new low, return to civility, why the focus on her private life, etc. As her old friend and mentor Brian told her, ya dance with the one that bought ya. Of course, he also said "there's no whore like an old whore," but he was talking about Bryce Mackasey at the time. UPDATE: Here's an example of what she means. It's exactly the kind of hurtful rhetoric that deters good people from switching parties:

Conservative officials have pointed out that she jumped to the Liberals the day before a deadline set by her old party to pay $379,000 that they say she owes from her leadership campaign. The Tories say campaign rules required all candidates to turn over part of the cash they raised in their leadership bids to help finance the party. Stronach said Sunday she wants an independent arbitrator to review the matter to make sure the rules are being fairly applied. She won't pay unless there is a review, she said, but if the arbitrator rules against her, "I'm very happy to live by that."

UPPERDATE: To be fair, it's not like she needs the money. In fact, she's donating her $213,000 salary as Minister of Complex Files to charity. YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED: Linda Williamson asks whether it is ever permissible to call a woman a whore. The answer is no. The correct term is "sex trade worker."