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Rob Ford's Toronto

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EMP1729 said:
Interesting photo of Rob Ford:

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All alone, standing in the light, what's he thinking???
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Who is to the right of Ford? Kind of looks like Kouvalis, but I'm not sure.
 
As for the DiManno article, I agree with some of what she says. Her main problem is how she says it--and this goes for all her articles. Her prose is overwrought and cumbersome, and it only makes her writing sound self-conscious. She needs to learn--or her editors need to learn?--that using language excessively isn't a mark of intelligence, and it's definitely not a mark of clear thinking.

As for the Ford picture, he looks miserable. Absolutely miserable. He hates it; all of it. He needs to learn to let daddy down. Then he'll likely be at more peace.
 
nfitz said:
Who is to the right of Ford? Kind of looks like Kouvalis, but I'm not sure.
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Looks to me like Ford is hanging with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (to his right)
 
Ill be seriously depressed if the judge doesn't allow us a new mayor. I' have no idea if ill be voting for a lefty mayor in vaugan or a right centre like stintz. But either way this mayor looks to be Found On Road Dead.
 
sixrings said:
Ill be seriously depressed if the judge doesn't allow us a new mayor. I' have no idea if ill be voting for a lefty mayor in vaugan or a right centre like stintz. But either way this mayor looks to be Found On Road Dead.
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I will vote for the person who seems most capable, can read from a script, truly represents all the citizens of Toronto and who has a strong vision for the whole city. If they run on a strong (yet doable) transit plan and an aggressive plan for cyclists I'll hit and street and help campaign for them.
 
Regarding the "woe is us; we can't win" spin on Ford's chances for reelection: you have to remember that our perspective might be tainted when we project ourselves, as individuals, into the argument--no, not as voters; rather, in a subliminal way, as wouldbe/faux/manque/mock-parliamentary candidates or campaign operatives. Like, we're saying "Ford can't lose" because we're overprojecting ourselves as the opponents--without grasping that "we're" not up to the task. That is, unless any of us were Vaughan/Carroll/Stintz/whomever posting under a pseudonym.

Once we have the ability to look beyond ourselves with an eye to taking out Ford, then it doesn't necessarily look so "woe is us".

And as I always like to say: imagine how Ford's performance in mayoral debates is going to be--that is, unless he ducks out of them altogether.

Oh, and one "there goes Ford-the-illiterate again" talking point that hasn't been dwelt upon: his "I have no optics" defence re the paving incident...
 
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