TJ O'Pootertoot
Senior Member
Oh my God, that Olivia Chow stuff, when we know the Fords' plan is to build up her support to split the vote! Sleazily campaigning in the middle of an interview about his brother's health. How shameless can you get?
BREAKING! WARMINGTON IS THE WORST!
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Doug Ford said his running is merely to make sure a Ford is on the ballot since Mayor Ford can’t run. Rob Ford has told me he asked his brother to finish the campaign for him.
"Merely to make sure a Ford is on the ballot"?!?
Yeah, it's obvious to all of us that is what they are doing but what does that even mean? That the city NEEDS a Ford on the ballot? Lemme be clear - I totally understand why Doug can't kick off his campaign, given what is (apparently) a terrible, terrible situation for his family. Then WHY RUN AT ALL?! Just let it go. If you're brother is dying, spend time with him and help him and his kids and your mom. Don't assume a Ford NEEDS to be on the ballot or that you need to run. It's making a mockery of the process and distracting the family from what are apparently much bigger issues.
I said this before but it would be a lot easier to sympathize with what they are going through if they hadn't pulled that tripartite switcheroo on Friday. We didn't NEED Doug to fill Rob's slot or Rob to fill Mike's or for Mike to run at all. If you've got bigger fish to fry, don't insert politics into the mix at this point. I just don't get the mindset for which they're proceeding.
If the doctor gets up tomorrow and says (as an example) Rob has colon cancer and it's metastasized and they're going to treat him but the prognosis isn't good...well, fer crissakes Doug, just FORGET about when to launch your campaign and deal with what's important! How can you come out the next day or two days later and start signing up for debates etc.? Even though both Rob and Doug's names are now on the ballots, they could still show that they know some things are just more important and they're not actually going to run etc. It would be nice to see that, if nothing else, they've learned what's really important and when to let go.