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Well, that's harsh.
I prefer harsh honesty to duplicitous empathy
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Well, that's harsh.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cancer-stricken-toronto-mayor-rob-ford-i-will-beat-n206561
NBC did what the Toronto media are afraid to do and called that audio recording a campaign ad.
There is no way that Doug shows up at a LGBT hosted debate.
I got really pissed off earlier today when I saw Rob was about to release a recorded statement. But instead of listening to his message, I went to the Canadian Cancer Society website and made a small donation "with best wishes for recovery to everyone in treatment, not just Rob Ford." I think this is a sentiment our pols and journos should start picking up on. I also like to think it's one we should start passing it around. Tweet it. Put it on Facebook. Kvetch to your local candidates. If your so inclined, make a donation to a charity. Doesn't matter. We just have to do something to drown out the "we should pull for Rob" chorus. He's hardly alone.
I thought Doug had attended from LBT events?
Can I tweet this? Love to see media somewhere calling out the FoFam!
Before the twomer I was opining about rofo attending these two debates and the hypocrisy that would be required in order to attend as an anti Semitic homophobe. Considering he was playing on a monkey bars he voted against or attending multi cultural fests he tried to quash, it seems the hypocrisy doesn't phase him. As for the Wiesenthal debate I was hoping the brave jewish ex exec from deco would just sit in the front row. Of course rofo had no intention of attending either event. And dofo wont either.
This kind of thing makes me wonder who taught MoFo and the FoFam these devious tactics. There is no possible way on Jesus' purple earth that DoFoJr (aka smart one) could come up with this kind of "Media Efficiency"
Who's Harper's (most) political gurus? These are the real culprits, as they obviously (allegedly, of course) are the ones supplying the strategy to FoFam.
This is a wonderful idea. I did the PMHF ride to conquer cancer 4 years in a row, until complications following surgery left me disabled (but I'm hardly bitter that my doctors didn't listen to my concerns).
Even better, join up to ride. Join a team--I highly recommend Steve's Cyclepaths! and help conquer cancer in our lifetime. All you need is a bike and a helmet!
http://to15.conquercancer.ca/site/PageServer/?pagename=to15_homepage
Layton's popularity helped the NDP become the official opposition. A lot of people felt taken when Jack up and died on them. Olivia can't be too hard on Rob without the question of Jack coming up.
ETA:
So Jack did exactly what Rob is doing. He ran for office knowing full well he couldn't do the job. How can Olivia challenge Rob on this without it coming back to her?
I don't recall an earlier cancer. He'd announced the year before he died he had prostate cancer, but was very upbeat, noted his father had beaten the same cancer, looked healthy, and little more was said. I don't recall it being used for gain during the election. And I don't recall it ever being mentioned as part of the election campaign by any of the NDP. I suppose the prostate cancer might have been seen as another cancer, that he looked as though he'd beaten.Didn't he get cancer twice? I thought he won after he beat the first bout.
Not this Casita?
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Everytime I thought about going easy on this man I come back to this image - and how it is such a succinct reflection of all the ill he stood for.
AoD
With that scenario, I hope he dies.
Well, that's harsh.
When he became ill the second time, they said it was cancer but that they were not going to reveal what type of cancer -- but it wasn't the prostate cancer recurring. Based on close family experience, my guess is pancreatic. Very low survival rate (makes Rob's 50/50 chances look awesome) and it moves pretty quickly. That's just a guess though; the family has never revealed what type it was.I don't recall an earlier cancer. He'd announced the year before he died he had prostate cancer, but was very upbeat, noted his father had beaten the same cancer, looked healthy, and little more was said. I don't recall it being used for gain during the election. And I don't recall it ever being mentioned as part of the election campaign by any of the NDP. I suppose the prostate cancer might have been seen as another cancer, that he looked as though he'd beaten.
I think it's clear that he didn't actually beat this cancer, given he was dead with 18 months. I can't recall an earlier one. Chow had cancer before, but that was never used for electioneering much - but perhaps I missed something.
I can't recall ever seeing anything like the grandstanding Ford is doing, by anyone, right or left.
When he became ill the second time, they said it was cancer but that they were not going to reveal what type of cancer -- but it wasn't the prostate cancer recurring. Based on close family experience, my guess is pancreatic. Very low survival rate (makes Rob's 50/50 chances look awesome) and it moves pretty quickly. That's just a guess though; the family has never revealed what type it was.
From this article, there were people saying that he should have disclosed: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/layton-s-family-still-mum-on-his-cause-of-death-1.1184771
"His term as mayor ends Dec. 1; he’ll be re-elected councillor in Ward 2, even if he can’t campaign.
In four years, he could be back running for mayor."
http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2014/09/18/dont_write_off_rob_fords_return_as_mayor.html