All this points out is his whereabouts....not who he is.
He has made a career of being appointed to things, saying what it is he thinks people expect him to say, and doing things he thinks people expect him to do. It appears his only goal in life is to be "important". All that privilege and what has managed to accomplish with it...nothing. Creatively, he a big fat dud. And this city does not need duds.
Clearly you're decided and not going to be swayed but it's BS. The man talked extemporaneously four like 3 hours a day for several years. If you can't listen to that and tell WHO HE IS, you cannot be helped. Frankly, 50 debates should be plenty to figure out "who someone is" but Tory's career and what he's said over the years is public and accessible. You're being disingenuous!
Obviously we don't know each other and it's possible, I don't know, you're actually Stephen Harper. But I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that no one is calling you to serve on their board or host their radio show and that, in general, you haven't accomplished one iota of what Tory has and probably never will. (That's OK - I likely won't either!) Oh, you can say "It's because he's white and rich and connected!" but that only gets you so far. Gimme a ring when one of the biggest political parties in the country votes to put you in charge and I'll take it all back.
The endorsement you need to think about most carefully...is the one he gave to Rob Ford. It gives you a little hint of just what the real John Tory might be.
Yeah, yeah, it's not so impressive, is it?
When I meet someone suckered in by Ford last time, I mock them. They deserve mockery for how their ignorance of his obvious flaws damaged the city. But I still don't see the significance of it in the scheme of things. If you ask most people, they'll say, " I didn't know how bad he'd be and I wouldn't do it again." They should have known in the first place, no doubt, but that is the answer Tory has given: "Things change."
They did. He's not the only one who changed his mind in the past four years on these guys. It's not a crime, fer crissakes.
He's not Olivia Chow. If you wanted her to be mayor, you will be disappointed. Too bad. But that doesn't mean he's Rob Ford. There are legit grounds for attacking any of the candidates but I don't buy Tory-as-extremist for a moment and think there is plenty of evidence out there to support my position. As I posted somewhere upthread, the Addario/Polley endorsement of Chow in today's Star mentioned him SEVEN times before mentioning Chow, ostensibly the subject of the article. That's typical of what I've seen the last few weeks. It's nothing less than PATHETIC that NOW magazine would stoop to Doug's level, dredging up the Rosedale Golf Club, to justify voting for Olivia.
If Chow and her Nation spent less time trying to tear Tory down and more time building her up, maybe she wouldn't be getting outpolled by a sociopathic, misogynistic, ignorant, pathological lying bully. But she is. Something to think about.
I think Lastman's problem was the downloading that the province, under Mike Harris, did. He was forced to do cutbacks, under duress. Ford doesn't need duress to do that on himself, however he could use duress on others at council.
No. I mean, yeah, that was PART of it and was a huge challenge for anyone who would have been in Lastman's place. But, let's be clear, Lastman said, before even getting into office, he'd have a tax freeze. I forget how long....2 or 3 years? It was irresponsible given the unforeseen impacts of the downloading and, one could argue, is at the root of the ridiculous arguments that continue to rage about the city's revenue issues.
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