Ford: A real "cracker"? - Page 103

Ashok · #**2041** Posted **Jun 25, 2014, 8:53 PM**

Omg - lol - who is this 27%?

matt602 · #**2042** Posted **Jun 25, 2014, 9:02 PM**

Toronto, you're doing it wrong.

Jamaican-Phoenix · #**2043** Posted **Jun 25, 2014, 9:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by molsonexport

we will be fooled again: Rob ford improves his polling numbers as he moves into second place during rehab

wtf is wrong with people?!

HomeInMyShoes · #**2044** Posted **Jun 25, 2014, 9:11 PM**

27% plus the 6% undecided is pretty much the 34% of the front-runner.

The three way race at the top is Rob's way in. Make it a two person race and he's not a rounding error away from another term.

Architype · #**2045** Posted **Jun 25, 2014, 10:20 PM**

Not sure if this is how to win an election against Ford.

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Chow put forward a plan to add 200 kilometres in bike lanes, Tory has proposed turning 53 kilometres of rail into express trains and Soknacki has said he wants to ban downtown parking on major streets.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/06...-during-rehab/

Gresto · #**2046** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 1:30 AM**

I can only conclude that roughly 27% of my fellow Torontonians have crania crammed full of rotten banana peels, wet corrugated cardboard, and abused anvils.

freeweed · #**2047** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 1:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ashok

Omg - lol - who is this 27%?

LOW TAXES W00000000000T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it should seem shocking and surprising, but you guys don't really get out of the house very much if you don't think there's a sizable number of idiot, single-issue voters in every election.

flar · #**2048** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 2:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Architype

Not sure if this is how to win an election against Ford.

Quote:

Chow put forward a plan to add 200 kilometres in bike lanes, Tory has proposed turning 53 kilometres of rail into express trains and Soknacki has said he wants to ban downtown parking on major streets.

Unfortunately true.

niwell · #**2049** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 2:36 PM**

I'm not sure. Ford has his minimum base and that isn't really changing. Very few people (if any) who would entertain voting for Chow would switch to Ford for any reason. To Tory, if anyone.

lio45 · #**2050** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 4:15 PM**

If all the non-Ford candidates are Plateau-style types who want to ban cars and non-green roofs, then I have no problem imagining that RoFo could get re-elected.

freeweed · #**2051** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 4:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

If all the non-Ford candidates are Plateau-style types who want to ban cars and non-green roofs, then I have no problem imagining that RoFo could get re-elected.

Or if they could be construed that way, absolutely.

niwell · #**2052** Posted **Jun 26, 2014, 4:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

If all the non-Ford candidates are Plateau-style types who want to ban cars and non-green roofs, then I have no problem imagining that RoFo could get re-elected.

The most popular candidate (Olivia Chow) is more or less that. However she has the name recognition. The other major candidate (John Tory) is a fiscal conservative and sane, albeit somewhat wishy-washy.

The previous mayor of Toronto was VERY left-wing. And did in fact get the City to adopt green-roof bylaws and was panned by Ford for the "war on the car". He was projected to win the previous election had he decided to run, but who knows. Instead we ended up with a terrible former liberal MPP and the uninspiring (albeit nice) deputy-mayor of Toronto.

Aylmer · #**2053** Posted **Jun 30, 2014, 7:54 PM**

Oy vey...

vid · #**2054** Posted **Jul 1, 2014, 2:11 AM**

In his speech, he said "The City of Torontable".

I think it would be better if he just focuses on recovering. The stress of being mayor will probably undermine his efforts to recover from substance abuse.