denfromoakvillemilton
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I can partially agree with this. It's not really in Tory's nature to be a fighter, but you are right that he has not hit hard enough. My question is would we even be having this conversation if Olivia Chow actually had put an effort into this race? She was supposed to be all the things you describe.Ranting about how people aren't up to the right standards is like going on about kids today. It's meaningless, it's holding reality up against some rosy fantasy. People who support Rob Ford don't think of him as just good enough or as meeting what they think of as some mediocre standard. Just the opposite. He's the taxfighter, the one politician who is different, the one who is working for them instead of taking from them. To them Rob Ford has authenticy. And to some degree he does. At least he can work up some outrage about actions he thinks wrongheaded, unlike his political competitors in this election, who can't muster a sweat of offence when facing off against a criminal mayor who shames the office. Think that is all bullshit or not, Rob Ford stands apart. In a strained adma metaphor, Rob Ford is a McMansion on a quiet street of unremarkable bungalows. Now John Tory, he could be the textbook definition of "just good enough". There I might agree. After four years of the shock of Rob Ford, a place like Toronto should have been able to produce stronger, more dynamic candidates than John Tory. Or Olivia Chow. It's disappointing.