Amazing how the left wing ignores their own lack of class whilst flogging Rob Ford...

Cobalt_Kid

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As much as I have tried to avoid following the Mayor Ford crap it's pretty hard to do so if one tries to keep up with current events by reading newspapers etcetera, but I do wonder why both he and his councillor brother keep on going.

What could possibly motivate them to keep going even though they claim to be harrased all the time? They were born very wealthy so it's not the money.

Maybe their insecure or don't have the intellectual curiosity to do something else...........

Mary Walsh On Her Rob Ford Ambush - YouTube

Mary Walsh's take on Rob Ford.
 

skookumchuck

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Right cobalt we all believe the opportunistic beeatch :roll: You just do not understand how childish this kind of attack is? In case you did not know, you have not convinced a single person to cross over and support your agenda, yet you attempt to act as a success.
Perhaps i missed the huge crowd amassing around you, yeah, that would be it.
 

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He's a f*cking mob mayor. You support the mob?
LMAO if he is far enough to the right who cares what his affiliates are or where the money comes...there can be no 'wrong' in that zone silly boy...remember what Ford said in that video...'they EXPECT ME to be' even he has to tow the line
 

Cobalt_Kid

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Right cobalt we all believe the opportunistic beeatch :roll: You just do not understand how childish this kind of attack is? In case you did not know, you have not convinced a single person to cross over and support your agenda, yet you attempt to act as a success.
Perhaps i missed the huge crowd amassing around you, yeah, that would be it.

No, you missed the fact that this is a discussion.

And as a public official Rob Ford is a valid topic of discussion.

And apparently you also haven't grasped the concept of humor and it's use to both entertain and inform. Mary Walsh is an entertainer, you see the entire world isn't divided into this left/right dichotomy that some people people would like us to believe in. Some of us just want to be entertained at times. Walsh showed up as part of a show that has been lampooning public figures in Canada for years regardless of their party affiliation and does it brilliantly, if you can't see the humor in a grown woman dressed as a warrior princess catching usually staid public figures at their most vulnerable that's unfortunate.

Ford's reaction was to run inside and call 911, something that he also repeated during another situation later that evening. Ford's behaviour is relevant to political discussions as he's not a private citizen and his actions can affect the lives of millions, something that some of you don't seem to grasp when you keep trying to assert that Rob Ford should be untouchable to the media. If he wants to live a private life he can do so a so as a private citizen, as long as he's mayor and continues the bizarre behaviour he's going to be in the press.

For instance if he shows up in Alberta again wandering around looking for the mayors of our two largest cities without informing anyone he's coming only to find they aren't even here. Or driving in a manner that places the lives of other commuters at risk or transit riders. Or is filmed inebriated at various locations around the city, or wanders in and out of council meetings as if he can't tell the difference between vacation and vocation. Or violates conflict of interest rules seemingly at will.

Rob Ford is in the public focus because he's mayor of Canada's largest city, if he was a private citizen doing these things, at most the police would be involved. Due to the chaos his behaviour is causing the city of Toronto there are many people who wish that he was just a private citizen. Not because of his politics or any of the other nonsense being created to deflect from the real issue, but because they would like a real mayor. Not someone who seems to be using the position of leader of our largest city as some bizarre form of therapy.
 
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skookumchuck

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:lol:He should have asked you first!
What if we turn the tables and put you in his position? We could all assume you to be completely guilty eh?
 

Cobalt_Kid

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:lol:He should have asked you first!
What if we turn the tables and put you in his position? We could all assume you to be completely guilty eh?

Mayor of Toronto isn't a mandatory position, Rob Ford chose to run for the office telling voters he was going to be a responsible leader. So far not so much it seems.
 

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Mayor of Toronto isn't a mandatory position, Rob Ford chose to run for the office telling voters he was going to be a responsible leader. So far not so much it seems.


How does having malicious and unfounded accusations leveled against him by the weak minded make HIM an irresponsible leader?
 

Cobalt_Kid

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How does having malicious and unfounded accusations leveled against him by the weak minded make HIM an irresponsible leader?

We don't know yet whether they were malicious and unfounded accusations, Ford makes that claim whenever he gets negative press and often is forced to backtrack.

The police were investigating this before the media got involved and prominent members of his staff quit over inside information they had access to.
 

skookumchuck

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We don't know yet whether they were malicious and unfounded accusations, Ford makes that claim whenever he gets negative press and often is forced to backtrack.

The police were investigating this before the media got involved and prominent members of his staff quit over inside information they had access to.

And for you to use unproven allegations against him is fine? Well i'll tell you what, it is fine in a room by yourself. If even a few of the allegations are the truth i would hope to see him pay the price but i will not publicly accuse the man with what i hear online or in newspapers. Those who do have zero class or brains.
 

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Doesnt really matter to me one way or another. Seeing as I dont live in Toronto its just entertainment for me.

I agree. What's funny is that it is the mirror image of what is happening south of the border where the right is beside themselves over Obama.
 

Cobalt_Kid

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And for you to use unproven allegations against him is fine? Well i'll tell you what, it is fine in a room by yourself. If even a few of the allegations are the truth i would hope to see him pay the price but i will not publicly accuse the man with what i hear online or in newspapers. Those who do have zero class or brains.

I think it's news, you have the police intercepting information from the drug dealers about the video and after that independent corroboration by two news organizations and three reporters. Plus what followed in the mayors office after the allegations were revealed.

Rob Ford may want to control what's said about him in the press but that's not how it works. Considering some of the stuff he's already done some people think it's amazing he hasn't been forced out of office already.
 

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I think it's news, you have the police intercepting information from the drug dealers about the video and after that independent corroboration by two news organizations and three reporters. Plus what followed in the mayors office after the allegations were revealed.

Rob Ford may want to control what's said about him in the press but that's not how it works. Considering some of the stuff he's already done some people think it's amazing he hasn't been forced out of office already.
Show me the video!
 

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I think it's news, you have the police intercepting information from the drug dealers about the video and after that independent corroboration by two news organizations and three reporters. Plus what followed in the mayors office after the allegations were revealed.

Rob Ford may want to control what's said about him in the press but that's not how it works. Considering some of the stuff he's already done some people think it's amazing he hasn't been forced out of office already.

Why would he reign over the unsubstantiated accusations of a bunch of leftards? You keep making accusations now put up or shut up.
 

skookumchuck

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I think it's news, you have the police intercepting information from the drug dealers about the video and after that independent corroboration by two news organizations and three reporters. Plus what followed in the mayors office after the allegations were revealed.

Rob Ford may want to control what's said about him in the press but that's not how it works. Considering some of the stuff he's already done some people think it's amazing he hasn't been forced out of office already.

The way it is supposed to work is that the journalists (at least those who are) will report the truth. That has not happened at all to the great sorrow of the sun empire.
You keep making allegations that you cannot prove also. Give me a shout when you can.
 

Cobalt_Kid

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The way it is supposed to work is that the journalists (at least those who are) will report the truth. That has not happened at all to the great sorrow of the sun empire.
You keep making allegations that you cannot prove also. Give me a shout when you can.

No, the way it's supposed to work is that the media is there in part to demystify politicians who paint themselves as something they aren't.

For instance the blue collar everyman who was supposed to save Toronto politics from the elites, comes from privilege and power.
 

skookumchuck

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No, the way it's supposed to work is that the media is there in part to demystify politicians who paint themselves as something they aren't.

For instance the blue collar everyman who was supposed to save Toronto politics from the elites, comes from privilege and power.

So now i have found that it is impossible to make sense from what you say, Goodbye.