Svend Robinson ready to launch comeback

There is absolutely NO WAY this petty diamond thief should get a single vote. Are the NDP so poor they can't find anyone without a rap sheet to run. Maybe NDP stands for New Diamond Perps. This is sick. The guy tries to get out of everything by claiming the theft was a moment of "utter irrationality"? Voting for someone with a possible mental disorder (he's the one who plead insanity) would be a moment of utter irrationality.

CBC News
Former NDP MP Svend Robinson is set to make his political comeback official. He will announce on Friday that he plans to seek the NDP nomination in the riding of Vancouver Centre.

Robinson has been hinting at his return to federal politics for some months, and has now scheduled a news conference to spell out his political plans.

Vancouver Centre incumbent Liberal MP Hedy Fry says she's been expecting the announcement for months. "I did speak to Svend once on a plane about nine months ago, when he had been floating a balloon then, and I said, 'Oh ,I hear you want to run in my riding?' And he said, 'Yes.'" Fry has won four consecutive elections in Vancouver Centre, a riding she first won from former Prime Minister Kim Campbell in 1993. And she says she is looking forward to running against Robinson. She says Robinson has acknowledged that they share a similar position on human rights, especially for gays and lesbians. "Svend was very well aware that while he was very strongly advocating for this over most of his career, that in fact he could not achieve any real objectives unless he was in government. And therefore, it was good to know there was somebody in the government of the day, that was going to push his agenda forward

FROM AUG. 6, 2005: Svend Robinson gets probation
Robinson stepped down as an MP last year after making a tearful apology for stealing an expensive ring from an auction house in what he called a moment of "utter irrationality." Since then he's undergone counselling, and has vowed to champion the rights of the mentally ill if returned to office. He's also commissioned a poll to determine whether he'd have a realistic chance at winning an election. And he said two weeks ago he was encouraged by the results.