Andrew Scheer had hoped that the Con convention in Halifax would be a shiny affair, a glitzy political coming out ball.
Where he would introduce himself to the millions of Canadians who still don't know who he is, and seduce them with his new/nouveau "positive message."
And they would scream "Andy, Andy, we NEED you to be Prime Minister!!!
But then Maxime Bernier said he wasn't coming, and it all went horribly wrong.
Well the rats in our Con media must be feeling really proud of themselves. And so must Andrew Scheer.
Proud and relieved.
For not only did the media's assault on Bill Morneau facilitate his mugging by special interests.
The kind the Cons exist to pleasure.
But their chorus of phony outrage also allowed Scheer to sneak Hamish Marshall, a director of the hate mongering Rebel, into his depraved party.
For weeks even as his ratty Rebel sank slowly beneath his feet, Ezra Levant desperately flogged tickets for a Caribbean cruise.
No doubt because he really needed the money to pay for all his legal bills.
As well as a little sun and fresh air to try to make him forget the sight and the stench, of the skanky Faith Goldy heaping praise on white supremacists and neo-Nazis...
Especially since Goldy's disgusting performance may turn out to be for The Rebel, what the iceberg was to the Titanic.
For first some of the best known members of his scurvy crew, like Brian Lilley, John Robson, and Barbara Kay, jumped off the Rebel, and started swimming for their lives. Or what was left of their reputations.
And now the self-styled "Rebel Commander" has been hit by another iceberg, or torpedo.
It's a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. It's being staged in New York's Central Park.
And it's controversial because its Caesar looks a lot like Donald Trump, and his supporters can't stand the sight of their hero being assassinated.
And neither it seems can Ezra Levant.
The other day I wondered whether Ezra Levant's bigot site The Rebel would be able to survive for much longer.
With or without the help of Big Oil.
I doubted that it could stay afloat with only cheap ads and voluntary donations from its small group of readers to sustain it.
And sure enough now The Rebel has a paywall !!!!
I've always been curious about who exactly funds Ezra Levant's grotesque hate mongering site The Rebel.
Because as you know the grubby Rebel Commander spends at least half his time begging for money.
And since I've always had trouble believing that his depraved but tiny core readership could support Levant, his gang of bigots, and their increasingly extravagant lifestyle.
Or that the site's cheap ads or cheap swag could possibly pay the bills.
Like the blogger Balbulican at Dr Dawg's blog, I too wondered who is paying for this garbage?
As we all know, when Ezra Levant isn't spouting hate, he's begging for money.
And him and his trusty sidekick Brian Lilley have been known to do or say anything to raise the cash they need to keep their bigot boat afloat.
Or sell anything.
But all that cheap swag, and all those five dollar contributions, can't keep The Rebel going, or pay for Levant's hefty legal bills.
So now he has come up with his most ambitious fundraising project EVER.
Well you've got to give Ezra Levant credit. It's only been a week since his ghastly TV show, and the entire Sun News Network, went down the toilet.
Glug. Glug. Glug.
But already he's back on the air again.
Or at least living under this rock.
