John_Dee
Active Member
Tory's the closest thing we're liable to get these days to an old-fashioned red tory, a species that's otherwise pretty much extinct. Speaking in practical terms, he's basically a centrist, albeit a right-of-centre one. And obviously, he'd be miles better than Mayor Circus Clown. (Which ain't saying much; a turd on a string would be a better Mayor than Rofo.)
I can't really say I care much for Tory, though. Warren Kinsella may be a jerk at times, but he's not stupid, and the series of posts he came out with a few months back, in which he accurately compared Tory to a preening and politically tone-deaf Thurston Howel the Third, were pretty spot-on, IMO. He was also right to point out that Tory was enthusiastically (and unapologetically) pro-Ford when that was a convenient stance for him to take. That's hard to forgive, though I'd be willing to do so if JT had actually taken the fight to the Fords in a major way. But like Soks and Chow and, well, everyone, he's bizarrely shirking his duty in that regard.
Let's not mince words: This is an anti-incumbent election, which, by its very nature, requires the competing candidates to actually, y'know, take the battle to the person currently holding office. And every single one of them appears to be reluctant to stutter so much as a peep of criticism against Ford. That's unforgivable. They all appear to be waiting for others to do the heavy lifting. Which is surreal. If they didn't want to get their hands dirty, then they had no business inserting themselves into this election.
I can't really say I care much for Tory, though. Warren Kinsella may be a jerk at times, but he's not stupid, and the series of posts he came out with a few months back, in which he accurately compared Tory to a preening and politically tone-deaf Thurston Howel the Third, were pretty spot-on, IMO. He was also right to point out that Tory was enthusiastically (and unapologetically) pro-Ford when that was a convenient stance for him to take. That's hard to forgive, though I'd be willing to do so if JT had actually taken the fight to the Fords in a major way. But like Soks and Chow and, well, everyone, he's bizarrely shirking his duty in that regard.
Let's not mince words: This is an anti-incumbent election, which, by its very nature, requires the competing candidates to actually, y'know, take the battle to the person currently holding office. And every single one of them appears to be reluctant to stutter so much as a peep of criticism against Ford. That's unforgivable. They all appear to be waiting for others to do the heavy lifting. Which is surreal. If they didn't want to get their hands dirty, then they had no business inserting themselves into this election.