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Wildrose is suddenly oh-so polite — not to Kathleen Wynne but to Derek Fildebrandt, the MLA who was kicked out of caucus after his Facebook fiasco and the legislature snubbing of the Ontario premier.

“He is a very talented individual,” Leader Brian Jean enthused Monday.

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“He is my friend. He is our friend. And he is part of our family.”

Jean usually reserves talk like that for the sainted Stephen Harper. But Fildebrandt gets his own hagiography, and at such a young age (so wise already, and only 30!)

Jean would have to take the rap for treatment of Kathleen Wynne, since he started it

“It is the express desire of myself and our caucus for Derek to have a bright future with Wildrose and our conservative family,” Jean continued.

“Derek could be back very, very quickly, within days.”

The words are wackily out of sync with the events, and it takes no genius to figure out why.

Fildebrandt is today a hero to much of the Wildrose base. He drew gusts of social media praise for speaking the truth (they say) to the despised Ontario Liberals, right to Premier Wynne’s face in the legislature, traditional courtesy be damned.