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« Reply #2430 on: October 11, 2013, 10:59:45 PM »
People still drive around with Confederate flags sticking out of their pick-up trucks.

Confederate flags?
Hell, the other day I saw some douchewagon with a bumper sticker that read MAGNA CARTA = SOSHALIZUM.
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« Reply #2431 on: October 11, 2013, 11:48:42 PM »
People still drive around with Confederate flags sticking out of their pick-up trucks.

Confederate flags?
Hell, the other day I saw some douchewagon with a bumper sticker that read MAGNA CARTA = SOSHALIZUM.

Those barons think they're so great. If you don't like England why don't you go back to Normandy.

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« Reply #2432 on: October 12, 2013, 02:33:16 PM »
Not that Clay: WINNER.

I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

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« Reply #2433 on: October 17, 2013, 09:42:52 PM »





Thanks, New Jersey.
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« Reply #2434 on: October 18, 2013, 01:33:06 AM »
Did he do as well as he did because he was not Booker? I find it hard to believe that his actual messages resonated in any significant way.
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« Reply #2435 on: October 19, 2013, 09:40:00 PM »
Even my grandfather thought that guy was a nutjob, and that's saying a lot.
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« Reply #2437 on: October 31, 2013, 01:58:29 PM »
As you would expect, I am monitoring this situation closely. Everyone in Toronto is on tenterhooks, waiting to see how Ford responds to this bombshell.

It's not beyond my imagination that he will just ignore it all, hide out for a while, and do his best to maintain business as usual (i.e. show up to work at noon, secretly drink vodka all day, spend all his energy on things like decorating his office for Halloween...)

The guy has a child's understanding of what Mayoring is all about. He released this video a few weeks ago as a showcase for his summer of triumphs:

Summer of Ford
Today's events are my only consolation for the imminent demise of the Best Show!

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« Reply #2438 on: October 31, 2013, 02:30:27 PM »
This whole story is magnificent and awful.
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« Reply #2439 on: November 01, 2013, 01:54:40 PM »
What I don't understand is why the guy isn't run out of town with pitchforks, tar and feathers and all. What gives, people of Toronto?
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« Reply #2440 on: November 01, 2013, 05:07:53 PM »
Until he is actually convicted of a crime, there is no legal means of removing him from office. And he apparently doesn't have the normal human capacity for shame, so it doesn't look like he's going to step down of his own accord. It's not a coincidence the police investigation was called Operation Brazen.

Plus he still has a substantial base, some of whom, shockingly, still support him, and are doing their level best to make it anyone/everyone else's fault. You know, like good conservatives who believe in personal responsibility.

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« Reply #2441 on: November 01, 2013, 11:24:39 PM »
Not sure how the whole office immunity works, but don't you guys have a monarchy? Have the Queen remove him via the Governor or something! For the love of God!
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« Reply #2442 on: November 02, 2013, 07:51:14 AM »
Toronto mayor Rob Ford "drunkenly calls radio show" to defend Rob Ford, calling himself "Ian"
http://boingboing.net/2013/11/01/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-drunk.html

Despite new disclosures in drug investigation, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s approval rating rises to 44 pct. http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/11/01/mayor_rob_fords_approval_rating_ticks_upward_with_news_of_crack_video.html

"According to sources, [Mayor] Ford was running around his office doing football sprints from a “3-point stance.’ ” http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/11/01/rob_ford_very_intoxicated_at_city_hall_night_of_st_patricks_day_2012.html
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« Reply #2443 on: November 02, 2013, 10:55:29 AM »
Despite new disclosures in drug investigation, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s approval rating rises to 44 pct. http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/11/01/mayor_rob_fords_approval_rating_ticks_upward_with_news_of_crack_video.html

This is the really amazing thing. His supporters have a personal relationship with the guy that's quite independent of his behaviour, and certainly independent of his political performance (which is appalling - he rivals the worst of Republicans for ignorance of facts and destructive, wasteful policies.)

The reason this story is so fascinating is that there's truly no way to guess what's going to happen next. Ford doesn't behave like a normal person. He could do anything.

- get busted for impaired driving
- drop dead
- get arrested for beating the shit out of his wife (yes, unfortunately there is a record of 911 calls for domestic "situations" but so far he's always avoided being charged)
- be led out of his office in handcuffs
- do nothing; get re-elected
- go on an epic drunken rampage

... the list just goes on and on, and at this point, almost nothing would be a surprise. There are rumours (yeah - Canadian rumors!) that there is a prostitution scandal coming down the pipeline.

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« Reply #2444 on: November 03, 2013, 02:54:58 AM »
Going back to America, isn't it odd how Texas has produced a better Democratic gubernatorial candidate than New Jersey?
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