Wow. First off, there's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much smoke around Rob Ford for there not to be fire. Second, who but a complete idiot and/or peice of garbage would think that Sarah Thomson would fabricate these accusations? Third, I knew Ford had an ugly personality (duh!), but I never would have thought he could be this out of control. But there it is, plain as day and impossible to avoid confronting: Toronto's mayor can add "sexual predator" to his resume, alongside "apparent alcoholic", "apparent wife-beater", "coward", "bully" and "double-digit IQ". Are there facts (rather than bare, hopeful, vacuous assertions from Ford supporters) that indicate otherwise? Does someone have a Ford IQ test showing "102"? Because the rest of it is a matter of public record.
Regarding the most-recent allegations, Ford would need to sue Thomson and/or force a retraction. I guess we'll see if that happens. So far, the history of stupid things Ford has done would not seem to support the argument that this is the ONE stupid thing he actually didn't do.
Some folks jump on nfitz for be overly dramatic, but it is ridiculous to think that there could be an "over" dramatization of our situation, having elected a person who seems incapable of obeying the law for more than a few days at a time, and is often overtly proud of his misdeeds. I wish there were some breed of livestock that liked to wallow in its own filth to use as a comparator, but alas Ford is beyond compare and I wouldn't want to be accused of animal cruelty by association. Folks, being overly dramatic about Rob Ford makes the dramatists the only sane people in the room. The real outrage is that Rob Ford is a topic of serious discussion. His role as "first citizen" of our city is a mark of shame on us all, like reality TV and the musical stylings of Pitbull.
I wouldn't say this next part if it weren't for the latest incident, and maybe I'm only saying it because of the misogyny and stupidity in the attacks on Sarah Thomson (whom I really, really can't stand as a politician and public persona, for the record) by Ford defenders, and ultimately maybe I will regret my own intemperance. But here it is: I can't wait until Rob Ford dies in a drunken car crash or suffocates on his own vomit, which my actuarial tables say are statistically the 2nd and 3rd most likely ways for him to die next to a massive coronary. If it's a car crash, I just hope he only kills himself in the wreck and doesn't hit anyone else, because that would make it sad.
I've said it before but it's worth saying again after the 1,843rd episode of Fordian shamelessness: I really feel sorry for Rob Ford's family. No one should have to have a father/husband like that (brother/son is a different story).
