Seriously - I can't believe at this point there is anyone questioning Diane as the just a horrible person. I personally rank her and Doug above Rob in any Top List of Most Horrible People.
The "Next it will be Robby's turn.." is just a prime example of her pre-determining what she thinks the family legacy will be but for me it's all on display in that CP24 LeDrew interview (and the family meeting on the same topic).
Let's put aside that every single one her children has had addiction issues and/or problems with the police despite being born with a silver spoon, so mothering skills shouldn't be at the top of her resume.
Everyone on this list, everyone in the world and even Jimmy Kimmel could see Rob had addiction issues and was, politics aside, in legitimate need of help. She sat him down and basically said, "You just need to lose a few pounds, my baby boy, and stop playing with that Lisi boy; he's a bad influence." Jimmy Kimmel's little plea - the one Rob laughed at - to get help was more sincere. This is her own son and she can't see what I can see? I care about him getting help more than she does?
I think she did the math and realized if Rob stepped down in disgrace it would ruin her plans for Doug to be premier or PM or whatever; it would ruin the Ford Dynasty and the Ford Brand and so she was willing to sacrifice her own son for that purpose. Better he he stay in office and try to push through than admit defeat.
And THEN, when the second crack tape was reported and he went to rehab some reporter tracked her down and asked, "Well, do you think now maybe you were wrong about the weight being his only problem?" and she said something like, "I guess so, I didn't know how bad it was; it's not like I live with him."
Again, lady - JiMMY KIMMEL could see it! We all could see it! You are the guy's mother!
Either you're too obtuse to have seen something obvious in front of your face or (more likely, IMHO) you were too self-centred and greedy to put caring for your son and his family and his health ahead of politics. Ask yourself, when he finally went to rehab, was it a health move or a political move? And if, like most of us, you think the timing was almost certainly political, who do you think made that call? Rob?!
I don't see how anyone can watch the CP24 interview, in particular, and think anything other than she is a really terrible person for whom "family first" means "We cling to power no matter what." (And the real joke of all of it is that it's not like their dad was a Prime Minister. He was a back-bencher. A one-term backbencher! He may have seen himself as the King of Etobicoke but he was a big fish in a small pond at the end of the day. He was obviously a savvy enough businessman but politically he did nothing for Etobicoke, Toronto or Ontario so the very source of this "dynasty" concept is itself laughable. At the end of the day, it will have been a guy who sat at the back of QP for 4 years and the worst, most divisive and controversial mayor in the history of the city. No repeats. No higher level of office. suck it, Diane.)
If you think I'm wrong, tell me where Kathy is these days as Rob goes through chemo. She betrayed the brand and so she is out though, ironically, her giving Rob the crack sent him, many months overdue, to rehab. If Diane cared, she could have told him at that May family meeting that he should step back for a few weeks and do it then - but she didn't think Rob had a problem. Mother of the year? Hardly.
I can't wait for the official transfer of power day from MINO Ford. What do you think, 21 cannon salute? Will Rob wear the merryl chain bling? Mayor Quimby-esque sash with a giant "MAYOR" across? A jaunty hat perhaps? Which wacky NFL ties will Rob wear?!
