The Canadian Marion Barry?

[Scooter]

I seriously think his alcoholism is way more of an issue than his crack use, which he probably doesn't do regularly. But he absolutely refuses to admit that he is an alcoholic, obvious as it is even to a casual observer. And those closest to him don't appear inclined to admit it either, and continue to enable him.

As much as I despise the guy's politics, I think the best solution that could have been hoped would have been if someone had been able to say, take off the next six months, go somewhere and get your shit together, and then, if you think you're ready, come back and finish the job you were elected to do. I have to wonder if a Rob Ford minus the alcohol and drugs wouldn't turn out to be a completely different politician than what his career has shown to date. Not that he would espouse radically different policy, but maybe he could be someone who is capable of working with others and knows how to compromise and doesn't automatically see anyone who disagrees with him in the slightest degree as the enemy.

But until he is finally able to see what he is, then I have absolutely no sympathy whatsoever and he deserves whatever slagging he gets.

[Scooter]

And in that vein:

[Gob]

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has admitted to smoking crack cocaine and being a raging alcoholic, ranted about killing someone on tape and knocked down an elderly councilwoman - and yet he has a highest approval rating than the president of the United States.

According to the latest poll carried out by Forum Research, the foul-mouthed, irascible Toronto mayor continues to enjoy a 42 per cent job performance rating.

The results of the survey of more than 1,000 responders were made public Wednesday - two days after Toronto City Council overwhelmingly voted to strip Ford of most of his mayoral powers.

Although his approval rating has dropped two points from two weeks ago, right around the time Ford admitted that he had lied for six months about his crack habit, he is still more popular that President Obama and the U.S. Congress, according to the Los Angeles Times.

In the wake of the disastrous Obamacare roll-out and embarrassing revelations about NSA eavesdropping on European leaders, Mr Obama’s approval rating has plummeted to an all-time low of 37 per cent this week, according to a CBS poll released Wednesday.

Mayor Ford’s job performance rating is also five times higher than the U.S. Congress, which on average currently stands at paltry 7.5 per cent.

‘There is your personal life and all the crazy stuff that you do -- and for sure he's got some crazy things there -- and then there is what you deliver on your job,’ Forum Research President Lorne Bozinoff told the Sun News Network.

[MajGenl.Meade]

he has a highest approval rating than the president of the United States

he is still more popular that President Obama

which on average currently stands at paltry 7.5 per cent

Remedial education in aisle 4! Aisle 4 please!