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Ford follies and escapades

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Ford follies and escapades seem calculated to drive his opponents nuts.
No matter the rush to judgment, whining, divisive gyrations and accusations, his polls go up. I think he has set out on a Quixotic path to prod,poke and bedevil his detractors and carpers in general by creating situations that bug them.

I could have fun pretending to be inebriated just to prod the press and backbiters into another harangue on my public demeanor...

Go get'em ;)
 
Ford follies and escapades seem calculated to drive his opponents nuts.
No matter the rush to judgment, whining, divisive gyrations and accusations, his polls go up. I think he has set out on a Quixotic path to prod,poke and bedevil his detractors and carpers in general by creating situations that bug them.

I could have fun pretending to be inebriated just to prod the press and backbiters into another harangue on my public demeanor...

Go get'em ;)

I recommend a nice lie down with some Alka Seltzer and Pepto Bismol on hand. If you're pretending to be inebriated, you're doing an excellent job!
 
Count me in with the crowd that doesnt have a clue what you are talking about.
 
Why thank you.May I quote you? Uh...What did you say of note again? Was it on point, or simply ad hominem?

Of course you may quote me. Was what I said on point? Do you mean 'on topic'? If so, I'm really not sure what the topic is. You think the mayor of Toronto is deliberately playing up. So? Why not explain to us how you come to that conclusion and why we should care?
 
Of course you may quote me. Was what I said on point? Do you mean 'on topic'? If so, I'm really not sure what the topic is. You think the mayor of Toronto is deliberately playing up. So? Why not explain to us how you come to that conclusion and why we should care?


OK my jesting was too oblique, so, simply consider this part of my initial post.

Ford follies and escapades seem calculated to drive his opponents nuts.
No matter the rush to judgment, whining, divisive gyrations and accusations, his polls go up.


Ford seems able through his behavior as mayor of Hog Town to cause his opponents to boil and rant and fume. Simply by slurring words a bit this past week he created a windstorm of criticisms. If a big city mayor does nothing but have a few beers at a neighborhood celebration and that brings on a hornets nest of rebukes and comment from his detractors, I think he really should start doing things that will set them off. Perhaps being seen outside a strip joint by accident on purpose then when the poop hits the fan, expose the ploy for what it was, simply to bring on the nuts that await to judge his every move.

Ford slurs at Danforth party
was all over local news and radio.

Mayor Rob Ford says he had a few beers at Taste of Danforth | Toronto Star
 
Are you at all aware of the near weekly condemnations of Toronto Mayor Ford by his detractors? By the Toronto Star? By the Ruby law firm. ?
Law firm (Ruby et al) loses to Ford again - Local Politics - Political Forums

Are you aware it seems to not hurt his standing? Are you aware that there are socialist - union -political groups and a law firm out for his ass? oops! .. out for his scalp?

They keep trying. He keeps beating them in the courts and the public eye.

I was suggesting in jest that he should start doing it on purpose to drive them into a fury yet again.

If you don't know the Ford political situation, I can see why you don't get it. But the attacks on him are legend.
 
Are you at all aware of the near weekly condemnations of Toronto Mayor Ford by his detractors? By the Toronto Star? By the Ruby law firm. ?
Law firm (Ruby et al) loses to Ford again - Local Politics - Political Forums

Are you aware it seems to not hurt his standing? Are you aware that there are socialist - union -political groups and a law firm out for his ass? oops! .. out for his scalp?

They keep trying. He keeps beating them in the courts and the public eye.

I was suggesting in jest that he should start doing it on purpose to drive them into a fury yet again.

If you don't know the Ford political situation, I can see why you don't get it. But the attacks on him are legend.

I just read up about him. He looks like a man on the edge and a heart attack waiting to happen. Frequently pissed, taking just about every drug available and constantly lying and then admitting it and apologising. Quite a character!
 
I just read up about him. He looks like a man on the edge and a heart attack waiting to happen. Frequently pissed, taking just about every drug available and constantly lying and then admitting it and apologising. Quite a character!


What you are reading is the gossip and BS that his left wing stalkers-detractors are constantly attempting to paint him with.

Yes he's obese and not a sophisticate, but he's doing a damn good job as mayor for the most part. He has a beer..at a public celebration..no ig del. No proof o any drug use, just gossip that increases his popularity when the lefties attack.
 
What you are reading is the gossip and BS that his left wing stalkers-detractors are constantly attempting to paint him with.

Yes he's obese and not a sophisticate, but he's doing a damn good job as mayor for the most part. He has a beer..at a public celebration..no ig del. No proof o any drug use, just gossip that increases his popularity when the lefties attack.

It's not just lefties who criticise him, unless you think The Globe and Mail is a hot-bed of Marxism.

Marcus Gee: If trouble dogs Ford, it's of his own making - The Globe and Mail

And how about the National Post. Are they raging lefties too?

Rob Ford gives a bad name to ‘regular guys’

The thing with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s many problems is that they are approximately 99% caused by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

Ford doesn’t need enemies any more, though he has plenty. He can self-immolate quite readily all on his own.

Rob Ford gives a bad name to ‘regular guys’ | National Post

The Toronto Sun? Bolsheviks, the lot of 'em! :lol:

Rob Ford needs to leave office - and the sooner the better

Liberal and New Democrat strategists know the truth: Toronto’s conservative mayor is the political gift that keeps on giving. He is the best thing to happen to progressive political fortunes in ages. Municipally, provincially, even federally — Rob Ford is a human shrapnel machine. He is radioactive. He is kryptonite. And, by simply maintaining a pulse, he gives hope to NDP and Grit campaigns in Toronto and beyond.
 
What you are reading is the gossip and BS that his left wing stalkers-detractors are constantly attempting to paint him with.

Yes he's obese and not a sophisticate, but he's doing a damn good job as mayor for the most part. He has a beer..at a public celebration..no ig del. No proof o any drug use, just gossip that increases his popularity when the lefties attack.

I've really been attacking him because of his stupid policy more than anything. The crack thing is unfounded, so I do not hold him to that. But he runs the city like a dictator and seldom takes criticism.
 
Quotes should by there very nature have links. Obviously the Post and other papers will have negative comments/opinions, but they need be in context. If a lefty wrote the post it would of course be negative and could be quoted from the Post, but in what context?

Ford is a loose canon, a red neck type, an unsophisticated 'everyman', but his agenda is OK by the taxpayers, and the lefties and Unions and Miller huggers are detractors that have been out to get him since before day 1.

I don't condone his peccadillos, but the City needed his policies to cut costs and reign in union cushy and expensive contracts.
 
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