So Luc Lavoie is out and NDP spinster Robin Sears is in as Mulroney’s spokesman. Not a good sign given how long Lavoie has been spinning for his old friend…

You’ve got to wonder if this has something to do with Lavoie’s comments on the fifth estate special from February ’06:

“There never was any money. He’s too smart to do something like that. It’s just too dummy. It’s too damn stupid.

He said it himself under oath. So it would be major perjury, right? A former PM of a country like Canada doesn’t go under oath to say something like this. You don’t lie about this stuff. To think otherwise is pretty insulting.”

Yup. Hard to disagree.

In other news, poor Jean Charest has now been pulled into this mess and the “name that scandal” contest has four finalists:

Airbust
Airbucks
Schreibergelder
Schreiberbriber

While I do love the way “Schreiberbriber” rolls off the tongue, I’m partial towards Airbucks myself.

5th estate Hat Tip: tGPOitHotW