Thomas Mulcair decided to get the NDP rolling off to a great start in the Official Opposition today by opening his big trap and suggesting that there's a conspiracy afoot; that the 'Bin Laden photos' in the possession of the Americans in fact do not exist. To make things -even better- he suggested, quoting the Globe article, that 'legal issues might surround the decision to kill the Al-Qaeda leader', as if charges could be theoretically brought up on the Americans in this case. Why begin the campaign with such a complete and abrupt collapse in media discipline? From a purely political standpoint I don't see the benefit to this, nor does it endear anybody to the NDP foreign policy positions. I even agree with Tory MP Chris Alexander's reply to Mulcair in this case that the comments are just moronic.
As I've stated before, the only significant danger the NDP faces to holding onto its significant electoral gains is self-inflicted wounds; it speaks badly to the party's prospects that it's Quebec lieutenant and effective deputy leader is making these kind of dumb comments two days after the election.
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