Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto UPDATES

Boges · November 18, 2013

Sarah Thompson is going to be on Pierce Morgan tonight. Is she really the best person to advocate for TO?

The person who quite the mayors race a few months out and through her support behind the eventual loser. She has so great sway in Toronto. LOL!

BubberMiley · November 18, 2013

The repeated coughing was classic crank throat.

Your level of authority would be more believable if you knew what "crank" is.

That is, it's meth. There's a difference between meth and crack.

Edited November 18, 2013 by BubberMiley

Boges · November 18, 2013

Anyone who watched Breaking Bad would know that.

g_bambino · November 18, 2013

Yes, one day I do want to run for prime minister.

I wonder if he even understands how one "runs for" prime minister. I suspect he thinks its the same as running for mayor.

g_bambino · November 18, 2013

A reporter out of TO, said that a councilor got a call about children at school, are playing Cops and Ford and wanting to know how you drink cocaine. This is the reason ANY council in this province needs a law to kick mayors out like Ford, since he won't even leave to get help.

Oh, won't someone think of the children!?

Please, there are more serious and less pathetic reasons to create some kind of mechanism to be rid of a failure of a mayor.

g_bambino · November 18, 2013

I really do think they should call an election.

Who's "they"?

Black Dog · November 18, 2013

I wonder if he even understands how one "runs for" prime minister. I suspect he thinks its the same as running for mayor.

Sure. Your mom tells you to do it, your brother organizes it, you show up. Basically the same as everything he's ever done in his life.

Black Dog · November 18, 2013

So at the city council meeting (the third vote to limit his powers as mayor further), Ford just mimed drinking and driving gestures at councillors Paul Ainsille and Anna Bailiao.

For admitted to drinking and driving last week. Ford also has a DUI conviction on his record. The lack of self awareness is staggering.

g_bambino · November 18, 2013

So at the city council meeting... Ford just mimed drinking and driving gestures at councillors Paul Ainsille and Anna Bailiao.

For some people, that counts as an erudite and cogent argument.

Wilber · November 18, 2013

So at the city council meeting (the third vote to limit his powers as mayor further), Ford just mimed drinking and driving gestures at councillors Paul Ainsille and Anna Bailiao.

For admitted to drinking and driving last week. Ford also has a DUI conviction on his record. The lack of self awareness is staggering.

As an outside observer who didn't have a clue about Ford, knows nothing about Toronto politics or what kind of job he has done as mayor, it surely is.

Mighty AC · November 18, 2013

Hudak backs Wynne's position on Ford saying he would support action to deal with the mayor if council asks. The rats have fled the sinking ship and are now shooting holes in the capsized hull. http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/11/18/rob_ford_conservative_leader_tim_hudak_would_support_action_to_deal_with_mayor.html

Mighty AC · November 18, 2013

While attempting to charge some spectators today, apparently in his brothers defense, Fordy ran over Councillor Pam McConnell. Never a dull moment.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/18/rob-ford-city-council-begins-unprecedented-meeting-to-strip-ford-of-most-mayoral-powers/

On Guard for Thee · November 18, 2013

And to now add injury to insult, I see he has now taken to bowling over little old lady councillors while hes apparently running to stick up for his equally buffoonish brother who is going to get into a fight in the council chamber. Can it get worse? Probably. I live about as far as you can get from TO and I still feel the embarrassment. I can understand the provinces hesitation to get involved, but I think Wynn opened the door a crack with her recent statement. I hope TO councillors avail themselves of the option. It sure looks to me like their function has been thwarted by all this sas mess.

bjre · November 18, 2013

Those who don't do real work always blame others for the reason to explain why they don't ..

We know why Rob Ford doesn't: He's too busy buying drugs and drinking and driving.

Even Rob Ford busy in his not good hobbies, he still do much more real works than others.

Actually I don't like Rob Ford, but I can not found a politician better than him.

Others can stay there just suck the tax dollars and keep their all bad habbits such as busy in smoking pot, even more people lost job, traffic become much worse, tax increase much more, and goverment service become more inefficient, hospital waiting more longer time, more accident happened, and more professional have to more to US or other places, price become much higher, cops send more thugs out to smash windows and ask toronto stars to report with helicupter and arrest more in G20 like incident. because they did not ask public sector to save some tax dollars.

"Democracy" is for those tax suckers who control the media, not for the most people.

GostHacked · November 19, 2013

A coup d'etat is what he calls it. Equating it to being invaded by Iraq and he is Kuwait. Hounding on the press for covering his own stupidity almost calling it a lynching.

George Bush said some really stupid things, but Ford really goes the distance.

Moonlight Graham · November 19, 2013

Ford has horrible judgement. I just finished watching him being interviewed by a CNN reporter in Toronto and he said the word "bullsh*t" in front of the cameras and in front of the presence of children who were in the community centre he was being interviewed in (which he then apologized for). He has no filter.

Edited November 19, 2013 by Moonlight Graham

-TSS- · November 19, 2013

How on earth has this guy ever got to the position in the first place? having said that, even though to a lot of people he seems like a deluded clown there are also a lot of people who think he's a really cool guy. The old adage holds true: Any publicity is good publicity.

Spiderfish · November 19, 2013

Ford has horrible judgement. I just finished watching him being interviewed by a CNN reporter in Toronto and he said the word "bullsh*t" in front of the cameras and in front of the presence of children who were in the community centre he was being interviewed in (which he then apologized for). He has no filter.

I think there's one of two things going on here. Either he has completely lost it and the internal filter has switched off, or he's deluded himself into thinking this schtick is somehow working for him...or maybe both.

"I made mistakes...I smoke crack sometimes, I'm human." I wonder if he watches his tv interviews afterwords and thinks to himself... 'man...wish I hadn't have said that'.

eyeball · November 19, 2013

It's watching himself on TV that's probably motivating him to say what he does. Notice how he only seems to be getting better at being himself.

He IS the schtick.

Edited November 19, 2013 by eyeball

Mighty AC · November 19, 2013

He reminds me of Charlie Sheen during the "I've got tiger blood" phase of his latest, drug induced, public meltdown. I think either Ford, and the company he keeps, see this behaviour as funny/witty or he believes proceeding in this manner will convince enough idiots to vote for him next year. I have heard more than one Conservative loyalist try to defend the man, spouting nonsense like "if the man can run Toronto properly I don't care if he injects himself with smack in city hall". These are the same hypocrites that want to take a hard line on crime and punishment.

My question for Con Fanboys is, why do you feel that you have to defend the man? Isn't it better to cut your losses and back the next conservative hopeful? Maybe one that doesn't have drug, alcohol, rage and self control issues?

**Edit: Typo (line to losses)

Edited November 19, 2013 by Mighty AC

Mighty AC · November 19, 2013

Another question for the Con faithful. Do you worry that Sun News and Ezra Levant will become too much of a joke for even the fanboys to take seriously now that they are defending Tommy Boy on the new Ford Nation talk show? Again, is the con movement so devoid of talent that their marketing machine has to try and defend this scumbag, instead of building up the next guy?

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/18/fords-set-to-kick-off-new-sun-news-show-just-after-council-decision-to-strip-rob-of-many-of-his-powers/

ReeferMadness · November 19, 2013

How can this clown still have supporters?

Is suburban Toronto the new redneck capital of Canada?

Topaz · November 19, 2013

One of his former workers, said he'll use the "poor" people, get himself out of this making himself a victim of the left who want him gone. Well, one does have to be a left to want him gone. Ford has a substance problem and alcohol problem perhaps there should be a law, no one can run in politics unless they have been dry for at least 10 years. beside all this, he shows poor judgment....doing drugs,drinking and driving is not what a mayor should be doing. Ford brought this on himself, by refusing to leave to get help and then come back,again showing poor judgement. I still think the province should put a law in for the communities, so if this happens again, council and community can kick the person out.

GostHacked · November 19, 2013

It might not be an issue if he was private about his alcohol and drug abuse. But we have seen it often enough where he is intoxicated in public. Sure nothing really wrong with that, but as a leader of one of Canada's largest cities, you need to carry yourself with some self respect at least when out in public.

Some people can control their drug use and be normal and productive. I like to stay home with a couple friends and drink and partake in smoking weed. Maybe I need to get into crack in order to get out of the house and be part of society.

I agree with the notion that Ford has no filter for words coming out of his mouth. He is his own worst enemy.

He needs to go. It may not be a democratic thing to remove him, but it sure is the right thing to do at this point.

Mighty AC · November 19, 2013

He needs to go. It may not be a democratic thing to remove him, but it sure is the right thing to do at this point.

Even if Toronto is stuck as Ford's hostage now, legislation should be drafted to save other communities from a similar, future train wreck. I imagine it will be tricky to word the legislation carefully enough so that it could only be used to remove a person unfit for office and not as a tool in political games. Still I'm sure it can be achieved.