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Videodrome said:
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/10/06/dont-blame-doug-for-my-mistakes-rob-ford

New Wormington.
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I really can't believe Wormington isn't paid campaign staff. I'll post it below, per my personal "no extra clicks for Joe" policy but the headline is "Don't Blame Doug For My Mistakes: Rob Ford," though of course we SHOULD give Doug credit for his successes. What a pathetic display all around.

I love that he goes all, "Woah, I don't remember saying that!" I mean, I know he doesn't read the newspapers that report the crazy stuff he does but surely he realizes, what with his "issues" that he probably said and did some things that are not instantly recallable. At least Goldkind didn't bring up what he said about his wife...

I heard Silverstein on the radio this afternoon and it was equally pathetic but at least Silverstein acknowledges who he works for. Everytime the host (Jim Richards, I think) asked him about what Doug said last night he started going off on John Tory and, for real, the Chretien ad which, yes, Tory was involved with TWENTY YEARS AGO. He has the Ford skill for deflecting, spinning and blaming.

These guys want to present themselves as Jones & Jones: Brothers in Arms - that's what switcheroo Friday was all about - right until the moment it doesn't suit them. I just hope this circus ends once they're gone.

Anyways, read if you want, and don't give the Sun a click.

TORONTO - Mayor Rob Ford says he should wear his previous sins and is asking mayoral candidates to not take out any retribution on his brother Doug.

“Doug is a good guy and is not what was being said,†the mayor said Monday night. “It’s not fair that he takes the blame for my†(past errors).

Ford was referring to Sunday’s debate hosted by United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Toronto and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs in which mayoral candidate Ari Goldkind called out the mayor’s racial slurs earlier this year that were highly offensive.

“I would start on the issue of anti-Semitism by not having a mayor who refers to us, the people in this room, the Jewish people in this room, with a derogatory name that starts with K,†Goldkind said from the podium. “The fact that he insulted my religion, whether it was under the influence or not, we cannot have a mayor like that because that is where it starts.â€

Mayor Ford said he was sitting in the audience and was floored by the comments.

“I was blindsided by it,†Ford said. “I was taken aback. I said to Renata, ‘I don’t remember saying that,’ and she said, ‘Yeah you did. You insulted 99% of the world and you don’t remember covering that one?’ Then I said, oh yeah I do remember and I did apologize. I think maybe I should apologize again but I don’t think it should be blamed on Doug. It’s not his fault. It was my fault.â€

Mayor Ford acknowledged his comments were awful. “I was a mess,†he said. “I was inebriated and that is no excuse. I feel terrible for it. I am doing better now. I have not touched a drop of alcohol or done any drugs (since coming out of rehab in June).

When he saw his brother Doug on the ropes trying to get out of political nightmare, Ford said he thought about standing up and addressing the issue. “The problem was it was not my debate and not my place to do that,†he said.

Instead Doug was on his own and tried to address it with his now infamous, “You know something? My doctor, my Jewish doctor, my Jewish lawyer — hold it — my Jewish accountant.â€

There was booing.

“Let me finish please. My family has the utmost respect for the Jewish community. The utmost respect,†said Doug Ford. “And we look forward to working with the Jewish community, as we have for the last four years.â€

The comments drew scorn, including from front-runner John Tory, whose campaign called it “shameful.â€

Doug has told the Sun he should have addressed it in a different way. He also said his wife and her mother are Jewish.

Mayor Ford said the whole thing upset him because “Doug is not anti-Semitic†in any way.

“Are you kidding me. He loves people. He loves everybody.â€

The mayor said he too is not bigoted but was impaired, struggling and in a dark place.

“I have changed that and I don’t ever intend to go back to that kind of lifestyle again,†he said. “Nobody there said they were upset with me. Many said they know I felt bad. I have a apologized and maybe I should phone Ari and apologize to him personally.â€

Mayor Ford said he was scheduled to go in for his second round of chemotherapy Tuesday but it has been “pushed back until 8 a.m. Wednesday.â€

The mayor said he’s crossing his fingers the treatment will help him with his rare cancerous tumours.

But when he goes in, he said, he sure hopes people don’t try to put onto his brother what were his mistakes.

“As I told people that night, ‘This has nothing to do with Doug.’
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OSS 117 said:
Why does this stupid article keep getting brought up?
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Because Irene keeps linking to her own swill under the username fattiger. 13 posts - all of them regarding the same website and linking from behind a URL shortener.

Can we just ban her for being a moron?
 
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Iola was at the debate. She didn't get into the room so watched elsewhere but my God, that woman is loud and all she talks about is religion and gays. The guy who's doing a Ford documentary was recording her as she ranted before the debate. She sounded like a lunatic.

This debate was badly planned. Surely they had a room that could fit more than 165 people somewhere.
 
After careful consideration, I've come to the following conclusion: Doug cannot be as stupid as he presents. I find it simply impossible that a man of his age and experience, who is a director of a multi-million dollar company believes, for example, that racism applies to a person's fruit preference. He must have had this carefully explained to him by now by somebody. Surely, this must be some kind of lame homage to an Andy Kaufman bit. It's a huge troll job, because not many people are genuinely that stupid.

In a few weeks we'll have confirmation that this is true and FN is but a small blip of mighty morons, the polls have all been punked, Doug pulls in with 6%, Andray Domise wins easily and the nightmare is finally over right?

Right?
 
animatronic said:
Because Irene keeps linking to her own swill under the username fattiger. 13 posts - all of them regarding the same website and linking from behind a URL shortener.

Can we just ban her for being a moron?
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Yes. That's considered spamming. She's gone.

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OSS 117 said:
Why does this stupid article keep getting brought up?
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Because fattiger ONLY shows up here to flog Irene Ogrizek's crappy blog.

At first fattiger pretended to be outraged by Irene's obvious stupidity. Now fattiger is trying to persuade us it's not garbage. (It is).

We're being trolled. I'm guessing by Irene.

Mods?

ETA: Holy wow, mods were quick!
 
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CityNews Toronto @CityNews
A stunning new mayoral poll, Exclusive to @CityNews coming up at 11
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I love the hyperbole...

Irene Gentle @IreneGentle
New poll sees John Tory falter (39%) Doug Ford surge (37%) Olivia Chow at 22%. 1218 people, 2.8 MOE, 3 weeks until election #TOpoli
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