JWBF
Senior Member
sadly, i'm not confident that the media will effectively handle ford's return on friday. i think too many will lap up the 'redemption' narrative and let him skate, as ever. do we think anyone's going to take him to task and prove me wrong? if i had 10 minutes, i think i'd spend 60 seconds, max, talking about rehab. "great, you're back. glad things went well." then i'd shift immediately to 'work' and not let him deviate from that. banging away on the 'what i do in my personal time' thing is a losing game, especially now when he'll be doubling down on sympathy and indignation.
i think the smart play now would be to press hard on misuse of office. press hard on bent business deals with deco, and maybe even on the shady people visiting the mayor's office late at night. i think that's the much more fruitful line, but i worry that reporters (and council members) are going to spend far too much time making this all about his waistline and his suntan, which is exactly what rob and doug want.
Monday is the 30th of June... long weekend Monday to be exact, I wonder who will be around Robbie when he gives his statement of resignation.
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