Rob Ford, former Toronto mayor, dead at 46

[Scooter]

The CBC, for all its alleged left-wing slant, published a rather generous obituary. I am certainly not going to speak ill of the man and would not have wished his suffering in the past 18 months on anyone, but I would be lying if I didn't admit that I am feeling some relief that Toronto politics will be spared the clown circus that characterized his time in office, both as mayor and as a councillor before and after.

[Lord Jim]

I had been meaning to post about his deteriorating condition; I read a report a few days ago that said he had been re-admitted to the hospital, with "his family gathered around him"...

That's never good news...

[Scooter]

There was a rumour going around last week that he had died; the family came out quickly with a statement that, if you read between the lines, sounded very much like a Hail Mary play. When they said over the weekend that putting him in palliative care was intended to get him strong enough for another round of chemo, I thought yeah, right, but I was surprised that it was this fast.

[rubato]

An inglorious and sad life to have come to the end of.


yrs,
rubato

[RayThom]

The Clown Prince of Politics is gone. He made Drumpf seem almost normal.

Mayor no more.

[Scooter]

Crap, it made the papers in France

[Lord Jim]

He was one of my favorite political figures...

He provided so much laughter to the world...

Remember; what happens in a drunken stupor stays in a drunken stupor...

[Scooter]

There's a film coming out, "based on real events", and Ford's even more despicable brother is calling it "hurtful".

Should have thought of that before he unleashed a maniacal drug addict on the city.

[RayThom]

With Ford as the main subject this flick could have been named "Fat City."

[oldr_n_wsr]

I think the present governor of NJ has dibs on that movie title.