Ok, I need to make a confession. There was once a time where I would say without too much reservation that, “I would be comfortable voting for John Tory as Mayor of Toronto.” I won’t specify how long ago that time was, but it was well before his campaign officially
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Because There’s A Difference…
@reporterdonpeat A “Free Ford Nation” t-shirt or a free “Ford Nation” t-shirt? Is he raising money for Mayor’s campaign or bail?— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) April 15, 2014
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Advice to progressives: Don’t airbrush Jim Flaherty’s record out of sympathy for his family
The late Jim Flaherty tries on the traditional new shoes just before delivering his 2012 federal budget. Below, some of Mr. Flaherty’s friends and colleagues: former Ontario premier Mike Harris, in whose government he also served; Prime Minister Stephen Harper; Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Decent people naturally feel sympathy with
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Top 5 Reasons Soccerworld Is Nothing Like Rob Ford
So T.O. mayoral candidate Rob Ford is giving a presser at Soccerworld today. But somebody there is not a fan: Mayor Ford’s presser is with Soccerworld Toronto. But not everyone at Soccerworld is a fan of Mayor Ford’s: http://t.co/xQa4IXRp4X— Ann Hui (@annhui) April 9, 2014 Soccerworld PR person says blog
Continue readingLeDaro: Rob Ford Nature Special by Jimmy Kimmel
It is really funny. The great white Ford.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Beast of The Great White North
Well his campaign isn't doing too good lately. It's a little wobbly like Rob Ford himself. Decent people don't want anything to do with him. Or let their children anywhere near him. So now he's holding ten thousand chocolate eggs.And goodness knows what else. But at least he was able to add
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Rob Ford Crushes the First Toronto Mayoral Debate
Sorry, fellow progressives, but it’s true. The first debate was, somewhat mercifully, fairly policy focused with large sections devoted to debating various transit plans (such as LRT vs subways in Scarborough), finances, the Billy Bishop Airport expansion, and so on. In this context, and with a format that had a
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Doug Ford tells Olivia Chow to learn ENGRISH… oh, and he defends himself with, “I have a lot of Black friends”- FAKE FORD ACCOUNT
Doug ford tells Olivia Chow to learn ENGRISH…. wtf? He said: @dmayorkelly Maybe @oliviachow should use the @torontolibrary to learn ENGRISH. She’s not mayor material, anyone from the Ford family is! And Doug Ford even BOLDED “ENGRISH” to make his racism even more appalling. Oh.. .hold on… it gets better-
Continue readingTrashy's World: As O-Town doesn’t really have a Mayoral race to speak of…
… this political junkie has to find another one to follow and enjoy. And Toronto, the land of the crack-smoking, loud, obnoxious, and the tacky champion of all Torontonians with a sub 75 IQ, is the place to watch. Especially now that Olivia Chow is resigning her seat in the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Sad End of the Con Clown Buffoon Show
Oh dear. I don't think Rob Ford had a very good day eh?For one thing he's been reduced to asking people to call him if they spot a pot hole. Which, since there is a 311 number specifically set up for that purpose, has been reminding people about his long
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Olivia Chow Gets Ready To Take On Rob Ford
Well it seems like I've been waiting forever, but Olivia Chow is finally ready to begin her campaign to become the next Mayor of Toronto.After a year of careful preparation, Olivia Chow is finally ready to enter what is fast shaping up as a tough race to become Toronto’s next mayor. Chow
Continue readingLeDaro: Rob Ford on Jimmy Kimmel
Part of Jimmy Kimmel’s interview of Rob Ford: A lot of people on twitter were saying that Jimmy Kimmel, a comedian, asked the questions Peter Mansbridge wouldn’t, that it was one of the most hard-hitting interviews of Ford. Kimmel directly confronted Ford on his domestic abuse charges and drug use.
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Flights of fancy: 11 days to the Ides of March and the knives are already out for premier
Alison Redford’s party awaits the Alberta Premier’s arrival before boarding their Government of Alberta aircraft. Actual Alberta big shots may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Pompeia, the wife of Caesar, who divorced her; and Marie Antoinette, who didn’t say “let them eat cake” but came to a bad end
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford’s Desperately Humiliating Hollywood Adventure
Well he went down to Los Angeles where he was given the celebrity treatment by Jimmy Kimmel.It all went to his head like a hit from a crack pipe.Until he left Tinseltown tonight, feeling like a sucker. Read more »
Continue readingLeDaro: Rob Ford dancing and having fun
He is somewhere in Hollywood. 🙂
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Municipal Voters: Partisan Intervention is Coming Your Way
Did you mistakenly think that the Manning Centre’s attempt to bend the 2013 Calgary municipal election to more “conservative” was an aberration? You would be quite wrong. The author of the Metro News article is considerably more charitable than I am about the matter – but then again, he was
Continue readingLeDaro: Rob Ford Goes to Hollywood
Rob Ford is gone Hollywood and is also going to the Oscars, he is quite the actor and his performance deserves an Oscar. He has been a train-wreck as a mayor but very entertaining. Ford does love the attention – even if it is for drug use and crass behaviour.
Continue readingLeDaro: Jimmy Fallon Lampoons Rob Ford’s re-election bid
It is very funny.
Continue readingAlberta Diary: The Airline Ticketgate saga continued… Alberta’s Redford Tories, forever young, now have Young forever
Former Progressive Conservative Whip Steve Young gets ready to give it to his premier and party leader at yesterday’s caucus meeting in Edmonton. Actual unrepentant Tory MLAs may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The actual Mr. Young, apparently yelling something; his friend Wildrose MLA Ian Donovan; Premier Alison Redford’s
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Overheard in Toronto – On #RobFord’s Critics
On #RobFord’s Critics: “You know why Rob Ford still wins and will keep on winning? All these people in the newspapers, writing blogs and rushing to criticize him are upper-middle […]
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