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Rob Ford's Toronto

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LNahid2000 said:
To be clear, I felt dirty for spending too much time in Scarborough because of its urban form, not because of the people that live there.
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If one were to "play mayoral candidate", that's still harsh. Look, Ford Fest or no Ford Fest, I can still get epiphanies from this kine of 50s60sburbia and its physical and demographic warpages over time--not that I'd *live* there, but it's better than being a bigoted ultra-urbanite ("bigotes" as in "biased", not as in "racist/homophobic/whatever")
 
VintagePunk said:
Sad and telling, maybe. But in the grand scheme of things, very good. Those people can't vote.
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Municipally. When Robbie runs for....that thing he's destined for!...they'll be stainshirtin' beerhalls until the final putsch.
 
sweetlou said:
Seriously, does anyone have an idea of approximately how many people showed up at FordFest? Was it "thousands" or was it "hundreds"?
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Definitely thousands from what I saw...the park was pretty packed and the traffic at Lawrence/Brimley was insane. The lines for food were so long that I didn't bother.
 
Videodrome said:
It makes me feel a bit better too. Still, it is sad that Westboro style hatred is rampant in Toronto...

Any attendance numbers?
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Millions. The entire city showed up. Rob's the best Mayor ever! It's all about the kids folks.

Ford's people said over 12 thousand, so I would guess between 1 and 2 thousand, if that. Remember, they practice Hudak Math, everything's inflated by at least a factor of 8.
 
Yaitsme said:
I totally agree and this is why I think he will get in again. We are in for a big fight if he doesn't. All these people will stroke the hell out when there is no more Jesus for their messed up prayers.
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Re "the big fight": hey, people were accusing me of sensationalizing when I predicted chaos a la Belfast/Beirut/whatever for Toronto (and hey, toss Gaza into the mix currently).

Personally...at this point, I'm fatalistic. If a "big fight" comes out of this, bring it on. And it'll probably come either way: whether or not Ford gets reelected...
 
VintagePunk said:
Sad and telling, maybe. But in the grand scheme of things, very good. Those people can't vote.
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This got me thinking. How many people in Ford Nation are Canadian citizens? I'm pretty sure they cannot vote unless they're citizens, and Rob Ford's base seems to have a good number of immigrants (just my assumption, I have no valid statistics to back this up). Do the polls take this into account? I admit I haven't voted municipally since becoming a citizen myself, can a large group of people lie about being a citizen?
 
I've, actually, for the first time, skipped over a bunch of posts here. We are pissing in the wind. How about we just have a crack-off for mayor instead of an election. All candidates must smoke their faces off and the one who still remains civil wins?
 
Roy's Square said:
Reg Hart is a lot of things, but I can't imagine he's a Ford supporter.

I'm also pretty sure he's gay.
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He *was* a Ford supporter in 2010--he's suspended his support in 2014. But his "Jane Jacobs Libertarian" outlook still makes him about as acceptable a candidate for Flagg as it gets around those parts.

And yes, he's gay--in fact, some may needle him for a few, uh, "skeletons" related to that...
 
YPQ said:
Can you imagine what would have happened if they'd have gotten their liquor licence?
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Or, what would have happened if this were the States, lenient gun laws and all (presuming that the Fords are too lackadaisical to frisk the guests)
 
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