Disgraced Gay Lawmaker Mulls Return To Politics (Canada)

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http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/10/100305svend.htm

Svend Robinson is considering a return to politics a year after he admitted stealing an expensive ring that he wanted to give his partner.

Robinson, announced in April 2004 that he would not seek reelection to Canada's House of Commons after the incident became public. (story)

A key member of the New Democratic Party, Robinson told reporters at the time he had been under "severe stress and emotional pain"

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1. That damned fool

It just pisses me off no end when good people give the right the rope with which to hang them. I hope those opinion polls are correct though I wish he would run against a bad candidate and not a good one. It is a damn shame though.