riffraff
Active Member
What we have known for a long time about the Fords:
1) There's not a single "responsible adult" in any conventional sense in the whole clan.
2) That Kathy and Randy have substantial criminal records with drugs and violence..
3) That Rob and Doug were "protected" from being charged by their father's position within the Conservative party.
4) That coming out of her first failed marriage Renata was already a serious alkie and that
Rob got married to enhance his "family man" image to advance his political ambitions.
5) That Rob had a long history of drink and, by his own admissions, drugs.
6) That guns were present in the Ford Sr. household (Kathy was shot with her father's gun)
7) That there is a long history of domestic abuse between Rob and Renata
8) That CAS has been involved in monitoring the children's care at least since the Crack Scandal broke.
9. That Fords who do speak publicly usually lie or embellish 'their' truth.
10) That la famiglia co-ordinates their messaging. It is never modified to adjust to reality, just to redefine it.
11) Except for Mamma, Ford women are mostly props for Rob and Doug.
12) The clan is hermetically sealed; the "boys" don't take advice from outsiders and they do nothing (like Doug talking to Filion, or handing out peanut butter at a food bank) except to promote themselves.
and
13) That Doug is fiercely competitive with Rob and will use Rob primarily to his own advantage regardless of the consequences to Rob.
As for Renata, I think the consequences of addiction are harder for women than for men as they are in many aspects of life. In her case she is judged, not very kindly, as an addict as well as a wife and mother. Why hasn't she left? Look at the clan she married into knowing what she does about them.
As for the "tell alls", why don't the press ask Towhey and Filion who they weren't talking to, ask what they're not telling despite their "insider status". Does Filion know anything about the Ford-Stinz relationship. Ask Towhey about the Fords' corporate constituent meetings. Who cares about Stephanie's lunch? Robbie knows full well how to keep himself provisioned. Ask Towhey about the TCHC and Dixon constituent meetings, or the relationship Rob had with Gene Jones. Or maybe about what really happened around Rob being kicked out as coach at Don Bosco since staff were routinely hired for and assigned to football duty.. But no, as they say, the Show must go on. Its one long commercial interruption.
1) There's not a single "responsible adult" in any conventional sense in the whole clan.
2) That Kathy and Randy have substantial criminal records with drugs and violence..
3) That Rob and Doug were "protected" from being charged by their father's position within the Conservative party.
4) That coming out of her first failed marriage Renata was already a serious alkie and that
Rob got married to enhance his "family man" image to advance his political ambitions.
5) That Rob had a long history of drink and, by his own admissions, drugs.
6) That guns were present in the Ford Sr. household (Kathy was shot with her father's gun)
7) That there is a long history of domestic abuse between Rob and Renata
8) That CAS has been involved in monitoring the children's care at least since the Crack Scandal broke.
9. That Fords who do speak publicly usually lie or embellish 'their' truth.
10) That la famiglia co-ordinates their messaging. It is never modified to adjust to reality, just to redefine it.
11) Except for Mamma, Ford women are mostly props for Rob and Doug.
12) The clan is hermetically sealed; the "boys" don't take advice from outsiders and they do nothing (like Doug talking to Filion, or handing out peanut butter at a food bank) except to promote themselves.
and
13) That Doug is fiercely competitive with Rob and will use Rob primarily to his own advantage regardless of the consequences to Rob.
As for Renata, I think the consequences of addiction are harder for women than for men as they are in many aspects of life. In her case she is judged, not very kindly, as an addict as well as a wife and mother. Why hasn't she left? Look at the clan she married into knowing what she does about them.
As for the "tell alls", why don't the press ask Towhey and Filion who they weren't talking to, ask what they're not telling despite their "insider status". Does Filion know anything about the Ford-Stinz relationship. Ask Towhey about the Fords' corporate constituent meetings. Who cares about Stephanie's lunch? Robbie knows full well how to keep himself provisioned. Ask Towhey about the TCHC and Dixon constituent meetings, or the relationship Rob had with Gene Jones. Or maybe about what really happened around Rob being kicked out as coach at Don Bosco since staff were routinely hired for and assigned to football duty.. But no, as they say, the Show must go on. Its one long commercial interruption.
