One of the characteristics that most make Rob seem real is that he can appear sincerely outraged. All the others, when confronted with a politician who hangs with criminals and lies about everything, can only ignore him. Outrage, any definite action, is beneath them, too unprofessional. Last debate Rob would make some bombastic, deluded, ridiculously false claim, and the camera would scan past the others all looking down at their laps like people on the subway when some aggressive young hoodlums start acting up on the train. Given the transgressions that Ford has engaged during this last term his competitors should be leaving him in a puddle of tears at the end of each debate, but in at least the first couple, the case could be made that he won the debate. It's unbelievable that he could win again, but I remember how shocked I was four years ago when so soon after the polls closed it was clear that he'd be the victor. Again Rob has his soundbites, he has his pink umbrellas and five lanes down to two, he has his ability to lie without shame, and most importantly, he's again up against challengers who are lackluster and incoherent about their plans, maybe he even makes them seem more that way. Need Soknacki to be our Billy Jack, slow to anger but righteous in his violence, need someone to call him a criminal and a layabout with the same dogged repetition that Ford uses to beat the drum on his issues. Because even if Ford can't win, if he is not totally humiliated, if he comes within ten percent of the winner, he will find a way for his negative force to remain influential, and he will leave all kinds of bombs behind for the person who succeeds him.
