juniorfox
Active Member
Towhey is hard to read. I can't tell if he's genuinely sorry for some of what he supported as Ford's chief of staff or if it's all some weird false flag operation...
You sound shocked by that - did you really expect any earth shattering revelations from him?
More like typical.Not at all but his answer had zero to do with the question. Bizarro.
Smart councillors will not ask Ford questions at #TOCouncil. It will only solidify his hardcore support.
The smug look is back on Ford's face, he thinks people lining up for the freak show is a show of support. The councillors better make him squirm tomorrow, and pass the motion or it's pitch fork time.
Rob Ford's hardcore support is rock-solid as we all already know. It's the mush around it that is at play and Councillors just sitting back while a selfish Mayor thinks his actions have no consequences is what would ultimately have the vast electorate 'give up' out of frustration. That's where Towhey is coming from.This just in from Mark Towhey, still shilling for Ford:
Mark Towhey @towhey 8m
Smart councillors will not ask Ford questions at #TOCouncil. It will only solidify his hardcore support. http://www.towhey.com/?p=214
His hardcore support could watch Ford rape a goat and not be moved. The issue is the other 70-80% of the electorate -- that and the credibility of City Council.
Rob Ford's hardcore support is rock-solid as we all already know. It's the mush around it that is at play and Councillors just sitting back while a selfish Mayor thinks his actions have no consequences is what would ultimately have the vast electorate 'give up' out of frustration. That's where Towhey is coming from.
Towhey is out to lunch on this one. Everyone knows the few nuts left in Ford's Village won't be swayed, but if council doesn't stomp on Ford, the majority of citizens will be incensed. He wants to stay, then stay as a powerless mayor. If that's the only solution, so be it, and we'll vote the bastard out next fall.
Towhey is right in that probably a lot of councillors will use tomorrow as an opportunity to campaign and, if they're anti-Ford, establish their bona fides. But he's wrong in that if Ford won't answer questions at his house or his office or even in council then NO ONE is holding him to account. Council has every right to do so, especially given the motion they're being asked to support.
I think someone up-thread mentioned Mulcair and the way he hammers Harper and that is what is needed. Matlow might be the best at that; maintain an even keel, ask simple questions that MUST be answered. Don't get caught in rhetorical games, don't let him start talking about how he's the best mayor ever....Ask him "Why are you meeting with Sandro Lisi during work hours?" "What is he giving you in those photographs?" etc.
Anyone who starts getting hysterical or overtly partisan will get shot down. It shouldn't look like a "public flogging" or a campaign speech or any kind of circus. It should like a brilliant cross-examination that tears apart the witness. It won't sway the people in Ford Nation who, as established, will vote for Ford even if he kills someone on the steps of City Hall, but it will give all the sane councillors a chance to take a real stand and if something like 65% of council votes to ask him to take a leave, it isolates him, even if it has no real ability to depose him.