Down the apple and pears...

A kind word for William Stairs.

No, I have not started drinking in the morning...

But Bill Stairs, (or BS as some might say) is being replaced by GPC lobbyist Sandra Buckler.

In short, BS is being replaced by SB.

BS has taken a lot of flack for the last two weeks, perhaps some deservedly so, but there is honour among thieves, and the heart in the hack in me goes out to dear old Bill.

I mean hell, how do you spin Harper breaking two key promises within 23 minutes of being sworn in, into positive press?

How do you make Emerson look good?

How do you make putting your leadership chair into the Senate and cabinet look like its ok?

Most importantly, how do deal with a PMO who can't make the departure of a senior staffer look like anything other than burning a straw man?

Bill, if you're reading this, did you really want to work for these guys anyway...?

Of course it may have something to do with Progressive Conservative Pogrom (PCP) underway (the CPC doing a PCP if you will...) Buckler is more closely affiliated with the veterans of the CA, than the PCs.

It could also be just another piece in a pattern that has seen Harper dispatch three veteran political hacks from his Director of Comms position in less than 18 months.

An ignomious end to a skilled political hack.

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And if for a second anyone thinks Bill was the one providing poor communications advice, ask yourself this:

Who gave the advice to gas the Director of Communications on the same day that they announced the Supreme Court appointment process...?

Now, that person deserves to be fired...