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Jonathan Goldsbie
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So their solution to the Ford conundrum was to only let Doug talk and introduce the MP who introduced Harper.
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Also, to mention Rob by name and have Harper thank them in public.

Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie
Doug Ford talked to media but ran away when asked about his brother's drunk driving.
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Rob Ford @TorontoRobFord
Thank you @pmharper it was great to see you tonight & thanks to the thousands of people who came #elxn42 #elxn2015 pic.twitter.com/tqIxs0inxD
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This just got better!
 
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Someone on here gets a prize for calling the black tracksuit. Stylin. Ever after to be known in the pantheon of men's formal wear as the "Etobicoke Dinner Suit".
 
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evvabeing said:
yes... especially the chris part (well that and the wanting to charge a vacation on a staffer's personal credit card) who only worked for him for 6 months. he resigned in june 2013... so the accident and subsequent extortion attempt could very well have happened while the fords were trying to buy the crack video.
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No this was still inside of 2012, before the crack video.
The section starts: "But in mid-2012, just after I became chief of staff, Rob suddenly began paying for everything by check. His pocket cash seemed to have evaporated." -- That's a few months after the St Patrick's Day debacle. According to Towhey, then-chief of staff Amir Remtulla tried to get Rob to get help. "Amir said he’d spoken to Rob, and Rob had agreed to take some action. He wasn’t going to rehab, but he would see a counselor. I suggested we speak with Doug, and with Diane, Rob’s mom. Amir already had."

I think Diane cut off his money. Rather than admit what a mess he is and risk losing his powerful position, their way of getting him help is by making it harder for him to buy himself booze and drugs.
 
ndawgg said:
These grammar tweets are driving me crazy today. Rob and Doug say so many incorrect things, but the staffer who wrote that was correct. It's "Join Rob and me" not "Join Rob and I". You wouldn't say "Join I" so you don't say "Join Rob and I".
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That's true but that's also the point the guy on Twitter was making. It started with:

Don Peat ‏@reporterdonpeat Oct 16
Email subject line from Doug Ford: "Join Rob and Me for a Rally in Etobicoke Tomorrow"

and the guy picked up on the fact that 'Doug' (or whoever wrote that e-mail) got it right there, but wrong in the e-mail he personally received.
 
Jimmi T said:
Strange, Flagg posts how Trudeau is disgusting for associating with Gomeshi in the past. Has he not read a word about who Ford spends his time with? Lisi's far worse than Gomeshi. Then there are the gangbangers who imported drugs and guns.
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It's much easier for Flagg and his ilk to demonize Ghomeshi even without the issue of his trial. To him, Lisi's just some guy who helps Ford out, but Ghomeshi represents the hated CBC, minorities, sort-of-Muslims, etc.
 
Man, Renata does not look happy in that photo.

pattycakes said:
This is from the Star article, and I thought this part was interesting:

"Provided with the relevant excerpts on Saturday, Toronto police spokesman Mark Pugash said he’d heard similar stories circulating before but had never been presented with any evidence that they were actually true.
“These comments have circulated for a number of years and no one has ever, as far as I’m aware, put names, dates, places or anything to them so it strikes me at this point that it’s second- or third-hand gossip,” he said. “And as far as his second point about they knew he was driving drunk and weren’t doing anything about it, that’s simply not true . . .
“For him to say nothing was done, I can’t go into the specifics, but that’s just not true and I’m really at a loss to understand how Mr. Towhey could even come to that conclusion.”
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Oh, I don't know. Call it a hunch, but maybe Towhey says that because Ford was never arrested once, not even on a small-ish charge for the more piddling crap he pulled along with the serious stuff, and never, ever saw the inside of a prison cell. Ever consider that little possibility, Pugash?

Here's my favorite section from the Toronto Star report about last night's rally:

"It was the biggest Conservative rally of the campaign in the GTA, attended by more than 2,000 people, but a giant overflow room set up next door stood empty. Doug Ford had boasted on Tuesday he could get 5,000 people out for Harper if he wanted."

Not so different from some of the rallies thrown by the Ford boys at that, eh?
 
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