Joe Volpe appears to be just plain stupid. Aside from never having had a chance to win the Liberal Leadership, his endorsement at convention, which might deliver a few delegates to tip the scale for a front-runner, is now worthless as well.

At issue is “just not getting it” as a phenomenon amongst those who have been in power or close to power for too long:

Volpe returns money from young donors
Last Updated Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:48:15 EDT
CBC News

Liberal leadership candidate Joe Volpe has returned $27,000 in donations from five donors under the age of 18 whose fathers are current and former executives with drug companies.
Joe Volpe is seeking to become the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. (Tom Hanson/Canadian Press)

The donors included the 11-year-old twins and 14-year-old son of former Apotex Inc. vice-president Allen Shechtman.

Volpe’s spokesman Corey Hobbs said no rules were broken, and returning the money is simply a way to avoid misperceptions.

How dumb is that? People don’t care that “no rules were broken”. People care that you have a shred of ethical sense in your spine. Volpe clearly does not.