Rush to Judgment, Harper Style

By Miss Kubelik

We cats are disgusted that the Obama Administration caved so quickly — and so needlessly — on Shirley Shirrod's alleged "racism."

But at least the Sherrod farce has been exposed — and, we hope, eventually will be put right. We can't quite say the same for what's going on north of the border, though.

Mind you: We're not saying that Helena Guergis is a Canadian Shirley Shirrod. Quite the contrary, in fact: The American we're most tempted to compare Guergis to is the famous quitter from Alaska. Guergis is a light-weight former beauty queen who, like Sarah Palin, was catapulted into a position which she did not deserve and which was far beyond any real ability she may or may not have possessed.

But back in April, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper booted Ms. Guergis from the Tory caucus and stripped her of her ministerial portfolio. And we still don't know exactly why.

There were allegations that she had helped her husband, a former MP, develop a fraudulent business scheme; there also were allegations of cocaine and other drug use.

Yet now the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has closed their investigation of Guergis and her husband. But she's still banished from Harper World. Why?

"It appears that the Prime Minister overreacted based on the flimsiest of evidence," said one MP. Sound familiar?

We cats are no fans of Helena Guergis. But we're shocked that Stephen Harper has not been taken to task for his silence on why he sacked her. Unlike the Sherrod drama, the Guergis affair has taken — amazingly, in this age of the Internet — three months to unfold. Why is Harper not pressed for an answer?