— Musings —09.13.2014 08:56 AM
From the bulging Shameless Hypocrite file: John Tory on Doug Ford
There is plenty of stuff like this lying around. And it’s why I broke with the guy: he enthusiastically supported – for years, without qualification – the very thing he now claims to loathe and oppose.
He’s not running because he opposes the Fords. He’s running because he’s the worst kind of opportunist, and he figured he could beat a crack-smoking “buffoon.”
Beat Rob Ford? Sure. But beat Doug, about whom he said stuff like this? We shall see.
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John Tory is the worst kind of phony possible. A completely empty suit. If you’re a Liberal and plan on voting for John Tory then you should be ashamed of yourself.
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A Liberal always votes for an empty suit. Some dont even realize it.
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I don’t think many Liberals voted for Harper, so…wrong.
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Here’s a diplomatic cable courtesy of Wikileaks talking about John Tory’s “indecisiveness”, “seeming lack of spine” and “weak leadership abilities”. Pretty scathing.
http://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08TORONTO53_a.html
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Forum poll this morning (yes I know, it’s FORUM) in the field yesterday after Doug entered:
Tory 41% (up 1)
Doug Ford 34% (up 6 from Rob)
Chow 19% (down 3)
Sympathy bump? I king of look at Ford Nation as it’s own political party. And that party got a new leader yesterday, so it could be like provincial and federal party’s getting a “honeymoon bump” after a new leader is chosen.
I suppose it could also be people who liked what Rob was doing politically but went away from him because of the scandals coming back.
Or it’s Forum, and they’re full of crap.
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Could be split Ford vote, since Rob’s name still has to be on the ballot (I hear).
How many beer guzzling clods will still mark their ballot for Rob ?
The thing about the signs will blow over (they hope) but once a ballot is
marked, it stays marked.
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Er, no. Rob Ford’s name is off the ballot. He met the deadline for withdrawing.
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“Oh, that’s very different …. Never mind.”
~ Emily Litella
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polls mean the opposite. so Olivia will win in a landslide:)
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I think Chow’s best asset left the race. Her appeal was already slipping badly, however with Rob Ford out of the race I don’t think there are many voters scared of any of the alternatives. I had expected her to regain some ground, but I think she is done now.
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Got ta say it…I’m thinking Doug is gonna win this thing.
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Er, no. Rob Ford’s name is off the ballot. He met the deadline for withdrawing.
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All the more reason to focus on quality people on council. The flip side of Tory being a disingenuous empty suit is infinite malleability – he’ll go out of his way to be likable to council, who will really run the show. Doug will make Rob look like Mr. Congeniality by comparison – his relationship with a Premier Wynne or future PM Trudeau would be beyond toxic. Tory could at least manage that, although from a position of obsequiousness.
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I’ll wish Olivia Chow the best, but I fear the sands of time are shifting under her. She represented a federal constituency in Trinity Spadina, that really doesn’t exist any longer. Lower income people live further out from the downtown now, the gentrification of the inner City continues. She’s not wrong in what she says, but she’s failing to connect with the voters in a meaningful way, the Fords poll better with the people she wants to include in her vision of Toronto. Her constituency has moved, Vaughn’s decisive win in her old riding says a lot about what is taking place.
That quote you’re using from the Toronto Star is over 4 years old, maybe John Tory has had his road to Damascus moment with the Fords since that time. People do change, we can only hope. Because it’s not looking promising for an NDP mayor right this minute.
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I didn’t post it for her, believe me.
I posted it to show that John Tory is full of shit.
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Harper won that way.
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People’s opinion of others changes. If it was a recent quote, yes, but something from 4 years ago, meh…
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A second post Doug Ford announcement poll has been released.
It’s from a company I’ve never heard of before, Mainstreet Technologies.
Tory 47%
Chow 27%
Doug Ford 16%
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I think both Fords, Tory and Chow need to take Justin Trudeau’s advice and rethink their Space Time Continuums.
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Did Dug really say that he’d “jump off a bridge” for his little brother?
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Opportunism in politics?! Shocking. Just shocking I say. And the worst kind of opportunist, you say, as opposed to the best kind of opportunist. Uh, what is the best kind of opportunist, other that it being the side you happen to be on?