— Musings —11.21.2012 09:03 AM
Ford follies, ad infinitum
My former Carleton U. J-school pal Mandel neatly sums up Rob Ford’s decision to urinate on those who got him where he is:
“Talk about shooting the messenger — and a pretty supportive one at that.
After years of boosting Rob Ford as our man at City Hall, the mayor suddenly turned on the little paper that grew him into a big deal and blamed the Toronto Sun for “misquoting” him in an August 2010 article that has him now fighting a $6-million lawsuit.
Say it ain’t so, big guy. Is this how you treat your friends — by throwing them under the bus when the going gets tough?”
This lunatic lives in an alternate reality; he is a whack job of the highest order. We who write for the Sun, therefore, should not be surprised when he turns on the newspaper that literally created him.
There’s a lesson there for any media organization who gets too friendly with any one politician, of course. But it is also just another day in Toronto, which is a world-class city, led by the world’s biggest ass.
In case you had not seen it, our glorious leader in action: http://i.imgur.com/h0s0F.gif
Love the video clip. If this is any indication of what happens on Sunday the Calgary Food Bank will have to build an annex.
Couldn’t have said it better.
He walks through life like nothing can touch him.
But clearly, as we see here, football is his kryptonite
I don’t know why CFRB promotes him to the level they do.
I thought that was just Jerry agar?
Toronto is not in any sense a ‘world class city’. A world class city would have art, architecture, subways, and somebody other than a buffoon as a mayor.
Toronto isn’t world class. We elect Mel Lastmans and Rob Fords, and can’t figure out how to sell street food.
Yeah, what is it with the street food. Watch the Food Network for an hour and with our demographics we should have the best variety of food trucks in the world.
Makes Bob Stanfield look like Joe Nameth.
mistook the kicking tee for a donut.
You elect a simpleton this is what you get for leadership and accountability. Backing Rob Ford might be the Sun’s biggest crime against the city of Toronto. I hope Sun TB drains the coffers and kills the paper. It’s a dead end and anything that gets that city hall columnist out of the public discourse makes the city a better place.
As big a buffoon that Ford is I’m actually ready to trade our resident clown Joe Fontana and a couple of Councillors to you guys for Ford…..at least Ford is somewhat entertaining…..well ,maybe not..
Let me get this straight, Toronto Sun. You get into bed with Rob Ford……….and now you’re mad that he’s trying to screw you??
Ha!