Since
the writ has dropped, I have been slow to write about what has become a
clear and malignant “bozo eruption” problem within the United
Conservative Party. Other media outlets and columnists are already
offering reporting and insight into the numerous examples of UCP
candidates who have publicly offered dodgy, racist, or homophobic
comments in various fora. UCP leader Jason Kenney appears to have
promptly dropped every problematic candidate and nominee to date.

But Jason Kenney’s disastrous
interview with radio talk show host Charles Adler on Wednesday night was
uncomfortable, and even disturbing to listen to. It warrants
dissection.

Jason Kenney in November said he wanted a database to keep extremists out the United Conservative Party he leads in Alberta. Recent weeks show he wasn’t successful. The latest of many extremo-eruptions is a recording of UCP candidate Mark Smith bashing gays from the pulpit (he’s a Baptist preacher) and equating homosexuals with pedophiles.

Kenney is sticking by Smith and even staunch Alberta conservatives are saying it’s patently obvious that Kenney himself is an extremist in blander clothing.

That shouldn’t surprise anyone conversant with Kenney’s past. #uCP #abpoli #ableg #abvote