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ParkdalePetunia said:
Disagree. This is just an example of the way that Doug has consistently overstepped his bounds while at city hall. I have a huge issue with the access that Doug received to the Mayor's office, the tone he took with other councillors, the fact that he was included in meetings he should not have been included in and that he ran his campaign like he was the incumbent. This is symbolic of all of that. Not to mention that it's because of all of this other stuff that pisses us off that he even feels this is appropriate.
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Rob was/is a populist. Doug will always be the spawn of Satan. He lacks the basic qualities of a human life form. His usurpance of the mayor's office was the only time in his life he probably felt he had finally breached the divide that separated him from the undereducated knuckle draggers of his base. He is destined to be a soon to be forgotten minnow in a very big pond. OR, our Premiere in waiting. Wouldn't that be a blip!?

Following the Ford brothers over the last few years has made me realize 'being Elitist', in the Ford sense, is not a bad thing. It just means all those who've paid attention in class, made something of themselves and not made their way in life on the backs of the less fortunate.

It seems there are two camps; those who swallow *(the bs) and those who don't. Well, gag me with a spoon, I'm not swallowing that!
 
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ParkdalePetunia said:
Disagree. This is just an example of the way that Doug has consistently overstepped his bounds while at city hall. I have a huge issue with the access that Doug received to the Mayor's office, the tone he took with other councillors, the fact that he was included in meetings he should not have been included in and that he ran his campaign like he was the incumbent. This is symbolic of all of that. Not to mention that it's because of all of this other stuff that pisses us off that he even feels this is appropriate.
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This, a billion times. Then again Doug seems genuinely oblivious at times. Like if someone were to call him "champ" sarcastically, he may think it's genuinely complimenting him, since he seems to act like he's entitled to daily compliments or such.
 
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Then and Now:

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As a "midway point" thing, it's useful to include the Sarah Thomson shot--esp. as it was at this point when, in this thread, I started offering the "Rob Ford looks like death" observation...

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Not much but a little morsel to keep the thread going.


Cynthia Amsden @CynthiaAmsden · 33m 33 minutes ago
Ok Toronto- Research on Rob Ford's illegal campaigning at voting stations has begun. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO (dates, names. photos) contact me

Cynthia Amsden @CynthiaAmsden · 56m 56 minutes ago
Election over, dust settling, but some transgressions need follow up. Lawyers being contacted.
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I like Cynthia and respect her tenacity - she's as tough as nails and I'm certainly glad we had her on our side in this campaign - but I highly doubt this goes anywhere.
 
casita said:
As seen on Wikipedia: "Karla's maternal grandparents were Jewish and immigrated to Canada from Europe to flee persecution."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Ford,_Jr.#Personal_life
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However, The Toronto Star has pointed out that their immigration documents indicated Greek Orthodox as religion and her grandmother was married at Holy Trinity Church in Ottawa’s Carleton County, throwing severe doubt as to the veracity of this claim.
 
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Two questions: 1.) If Doug is successful in politics, where would you rather see him - as leader of PCPO or as mayor? 2.) In Toronto, how do you rate Doug's chances in a second mayoral run if Rob is no longer in the picture?

Here are my thoughts: 1.) Although I don't want him in either role, I'd rather see Doug as PCPO leader than mayor. As we have seen, there's little organizational structure around the mayor's office. Each mayor makes their own, so there are few forces to contain behaviour. As party leader, Doug would would be reined in by party brass, his caucus, the party membership and so on. I think he'd find it frustrating and confining. 2.) If Rob dies a couple of years before the next mayoral election, I don't think Doug will fare as well as he did this year. People will have moved on from the sympathy vote, and it will be harder for Doug to be a proxy for Rob. He'd still have a solid base, but I don't think he'd get same level of support as this year.

Anyone else?
 
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