New Yorker piece about Ford as a blueprint for Trump. (New piece--there's a similar one that was written a year or two ago.)
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-calculated-populism-of-rob-ford
― clemenza, Friday, 25 March 2016 22:47 (eight years ago) link
A few months ago, I should say--it only feels like two years of candidate Trump.
― clemenza, Friday, 25 March 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link
Robyn Doolittle, lead reporter in the crack story who went on to write Crazy Town:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/my-relationship-with-rob-ford-its-complicated/article29397563/
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 March 2016 12:00 (eight years ago) link
Older brother--who, as I'm sure I've said before on this thread, I consider even worse--says a by-election should be called immediately (because that's what Rob would have wanted), and he's "not sure" yet if he will run.
I hope, but sincerely doubt, he'll sit this one out. The seat should be contested by the people who ran last time in an impossible situation: Ford had gone public with his cancer, so everybody running against him had to almost abstain from saying anything critical out of common decency. (I don't think he was in rehab yet.) Absent Ford, I think Domise will run and win, but there was another woman in her early 20s who did quite well too. Putting the ward and the city through another Ford election and another Ford term on council is disheartening in so many ways. (If nothing else, I assume this campaign would be substantially uglier than last time.) If he does run, he'll win. Ugh.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 April 2016 11:35 (eight years ago) link
at least if he gets in as a councilor it means he can't run for the PC leadership. i really fucking hope that party has learned it's lesson with Hudak, that they need to move towards the center and not away from it. would love to be able to consider them an option again. on the other hand, i don't think he stands a chance with the PCs, whereas councilor would be a cakewalk for him. but - the people of ward 2 made their bed when the voted in a very obviously sick (in every sense of the word) rob ford. they've basically being going without real representation for a decade now anyways – what's another two years.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 April 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I'm of the second view: he'd never win provincially (an election, I mean--I guess he could get the nomination), so I'd rather have him go that route.
― clemenza, Saturday, 2 April 2016 16:20 (eight years ago) link
Little Nephew Jr. running; what a drag. Part of me wants Domise to take a chance, most of me says don't bother.
http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2016/05/04/byelection-to-be-held-to-fill-rob-fords-seat.html
― clemenza, Thursday, 5 May 2016 21:17 (eight years ago) link
lil guy
― Treeship, Thursday, 5 May 2016 21:20 (eight years ago) link
according to that article his birth name is Michael Stirpe
― ejemplo (crüt), Thursday, 5 May 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link
I'm glad they're rewriting the fact that it was a female reporter who investigated Rob Ford. Why have a woman be a lead character when a man could do it? Ammaright? https://t.co/Nx3holhuZW— robyndoolittle (@robyndoolittle) April 10, 2018
srsly
caroline dhavernas is even canadian!
https://giphy.com/gifs/television-hannibal-3cXQ1pfu2Vf3O
― j., Wednesday, 11 April 2018 00:09 (six years ago) link
Thermo and I are to blame.
at least if (Doug) gets in as a councilor it means he can't run for the PC leadership. i really fucking hope that party has learned it's lesson with Hudak, that they need to move towards the center and not away from it. would love to be able to consider them an option again. on the other hand, i don't think he stands a chance with the PCs...
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, April 1, 2016
― clemenza, Saturday, April 2, 2016
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 01:29 (six years ago) link