kbdid
Senior Member
Sorry; I didn't intend to imply that you thought that, although I can see how my quoting you might have made it look as though I was. My plan was simply to chime in with my experience, i.e. that it seems normal to me to have met and known such people.
The people I knew certainly weren't paranoid in the way described here, so perhaps my point isn't that useful.
I certainly do think that knowing drug dealers is unremarkable. How much of the support the Fords still enjoy is explained by that contention I couldn't rightly say. I still think that "saving money", a simple lack of checking to see whether Ford is really doing a good job or just talking about it, coupled with a sense of putting a stick into the eye of the privileged liberal latte-sipping downtown cliché, explain most of their remaining supporters... although that's just my opinion.
Is there any word on the escort story? I'd love to enjoy breakfast tomorrow with a newspaper describing Ford using escorts to procure sex & drugs. Will my dream come true?
I hope so; I'm having withdrawal symptoms (hangs head in shame).
Re Ford drug connections etc - I think the lack of recording etc is just due to media paranoia - every time Ford opens his mouth trouble follows. I also tend to think people still support Ford because (right or not) they think he's saving them money and sticking it to the downtown. I doubt the Ford family's surrounded by a web of dealers so large/powerful that votes are affected.