adma
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I'm sure there'll be some kind of Toronto Life-ish feature on Graeme's "sad, tragic life"--that is, if it's not overwhelmed by his passing presaging the total farcical Soviet-Bloc-in-1989 collapse of everything Ford Nation...
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AlvinofDiaspar
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I am not sure why they felt compelled to attend other than some misguided sense/display of chivalry- it got all the optics of, and will inevitably be misinterpreted as dancing on one's grave.
Honestly the guy is dead, time to leave it all behind and let his own circle grief him for what he is. The rest of us who knew nothing about him other than his public persona don't - and more importantly, shouldn't call him a saint and grief with them just to make us feel better about our own supposed humanity. Think - who are you doing this for, really.
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the lemur
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Like I said, she seems like someone who wants to be friends with lots of people, regardless of ideology. Which is admirable, but I'm not sure what she found to like in Graeme.
AlvinofDiaspar
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Thinker
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I won't be raising a glass in his memory either. He might have been a nice guy to anyone who enjoyed his brand of kool-aid but those who did not, received his anger & ridicule. Let's face is he was a twitter troll of the worst kind who would delete his comments when it suited him. I feel sad for his family who has to cope with the aftermath of his death. I feel sad he was lonely, depressed and not found help.
zang
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If by "took them to school" you mean "the Union, still suffering from the bad optics of the 2009 strike, decided to play it safe."
But, Rob "Union Buster" Ford sure showed that police union, and the library workers…
Videodrome
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So, the ex-mayor doesn't attend the budget meeting and I haven't seen any comments from his office about it. Not even a strongly worded statement!
OSS 117
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It does sort of give the impression of "Look how great we are for mourning someone we didn't like. Hopefully we can be a shining example for those of you tempted to take the low road".
AlvinofDiaspar
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Which appropriates the whole exercise into one about making public statements. Not a good idea in my books.
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OSS 117
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I have the feeling the next time we see Rob it's going to be on the front page in an archival photo, if you know what I mean.
With that and all the Graeme stuff, this is all starting to feel like the epilogue to a Scorsese gangster movie.
Yaitsme
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I'm actually wondering if RoFo has already passedamd that's what sent Graeme over the edge.
Along with his eerie absence lately.
Along with his eerie absence lately.
Videodrome
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I just had lunch at the Pape McDonald's and on one of the poles, there was an old and worn "Ford for Mayor" sticker.
He still has active social media accounts though. If he really was dead, they would make a big deal about it.
He still has active social media accounts though. If he really was dead, they would make a big deal about it.
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Jimmi T
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Notice Ford's snarky tweets stopped a few days ago? I wonder if that was Graeme.
pud99
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Jacobs
(Too articulate and too short on hackneyed phrases to be McEacheran - which is why the Tweets also do not sound like Ford either.)
JWBF
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If they haven't found a way to use the event to the maximum yet then as usual they would sit on it, it's all about public image and politics unfortunately.
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