Huge Seagull
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Some of these people are really bizarre. Some of the things they voluntarily do haven't been done outside of totalitarian regimes. I mean, there are bad mayors, but what mayor in living democratic history has things like a moniker for his disciplies ("Ford Nation") and religious-like pilgrimages to a festivity of worship in his honour (his BBQs)? I even read a story in the Toronto Star about a girl who wrote a song lionizing Rob Ford using words like "Mayor Ford, cost cowboy and rollback viceroy." and "Toronto's defender". WTF?
When Goldsbie interviewed Jenny James, the singer of that weird song, she said the idea for the song started as a "joke." And when asked about the meaning she said:
In terms of the lyrics, what sort of message did you want to convey?
The message is [laughs] is that Ford will be remembered. You know, like, the world will remember. It could be like negative or positive; uh, it depends on who you talk to. Yeah, so.