Johnny Au
Senior Member
Mercer Street Should be renamed after Rick Mercer.
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Rob Ford's Toronto
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dforthandbview
Senior Member
My favourite part was Doug using the word "folks" while looking at LeDrew. Clearly he can't control his campaign rhetoric.
annonuesr
New Member
Agreed! We need to get this on the agenda for Monday.
"I live on the 10th floor of the Rick Mercer."
"OMG! Have my babies!"
http://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/mercer
pattycakes
Senior Member
Did you notice when Doug said they would be campaigning this weekend? When LeDrew asked where, Doug avoided mentioning the Santa Claus Parade.
euler
Active Member
Nikki really did a great job on Weds.
It was great fun collecting those signatures. I met up with her around 3pm at CTV with dozens of filled out sheets (people had to leave City Hall so I consolidated the clipboads) and she exclaims to someone on the phone, "Wow we just got hundreds more!" or something like that. She was so genuinely excited.
Glad to hear it actually did something.
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W. K. Lis
Superstar
Now if only Rob Ford could really sing:
[video=youtube_share;0H-PJtdet0w]http://youtu.be/0H-PJtdet0w[/video]
[video=youtube_share;0H-PJtdet0w]http://youtu.be/0H-PJtdet0w[/video]
Isn't campaigning illegal this early?
I truly hope they rethink showing up at the Parade. It's for the kids, it's not about them. I'm sure there will be boos and foolishness, and parents shouldn't have to explain this crap to their kids.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Oh no! More videos!! Updates at 6 and 11... Sunday.
juniorfox
Active Member
You can talk about running as much as you want, I believe. Campaign laws are specific to how you spend money if I understand them correctly.
pattycakes
Senior Member
Doug has now confirmed that Rob will not attend. Of course, that will probably change 15 times between now and Sunday.
Like magnets that they like to hand out? I assume that if they do show up they'll be handing out "vote Ford" buttons or magnets or whatever.
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juniorfox
Active Member
Yeah but those magnets just say Rob Ford Mayor and have his phone number, so the argument is that they're not campaign magnets, they're like magnetic business cards.
arksi
Active Member
What Doug says and what Doug actually thinks are two separate things entirely. It's called lying and it's something he does quite often, though not particularly well.
John_Dee
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I can just imagine Mayor Fathead's response: "Rules? Laws? Whuzzat?" (He then breaks wind. Loudly.) Seriously, though, it's not as if Ford ever left campaigning mode. (Heck, Mayor Cartman's relentless - and shameless - self-promotion over the past 3 years has been one of the most annoying things about the man.) The glad-handling and "lookit me!" pr stunts that are part-and-parcel of election campaigns tend to be the only thing his brand of phony "populist" right wing politician is really any good at.
Come to think of it, how will the campaign laws effect his new Sun Tv show? It was getting to the point where he was going to have to retire the 1010 radio show anyway, wasn't it? Will he and Brother Thug even be allowed to bloviate on air after a certain point? Or will they try to just ignore the rules as usual?
newearthling
Senior Member
That is fantastic.
When I was talking to people on Wed, everyone was eager to sign. I am glad that they made their way into the public record!- Status