Quotulatiousness

October 12, 2010

Toronto’s election gets interesting

Filed under: Cancon, Politics — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 10:05

The race for the post of mayor of Toronto was supposed to be a dignified procession to the installation of George Smitherman, former provincial cabinet minister. The vote was expected to be a mere formality, as the assent of the right-thinking people in the downtown core was assured. Somehow, though, they forgot about having given the vote to the hillbillies and hockey hackers of the uncouth far-distant suburbs. Those unwashed hicks apparently supported some gaffe-prone character with lots of media-friendly damage already on tape and ready to roll.

Unbelievably, the release of the damaging material seemed not only not to cause a drop in support, it seemed to increase his support. At that point, the gloves came off (one assumes), as these signs were put up along University Avenue overnight:

Not my photo, they’d already been taken down before I got to that stretch of University this morning. Photo courtesy of 680 News.

2 Comments

  1. 680News had the courtesy to allow you to use the photo? Wow. They did not have the courtesy to approve my comment on their story. It read something along the lines of the following:

    Who to vote for? Should I vote for the guy who self-identifies with organized crime stereotypes? Or the racist drunk wife beater? Or the guy who helped steal $1 billion from the Ministry of Health? Decisions, decisions…

    The fact that 680 is covering this at all is, in itself, a wonder. This strays well outside their normal beat of entertainment, sports, and top-MP3-download-of-the-week coverage.

    Comment by Lickmuffin — October 12, 2010 @ 11:21

  2. The fact that 680 is covering this at all is, in itself, a wonder. This strays well outside their normal beat of entertainment, sports, and top-MP3-download-of-the-week coverage.

    Ah, I can only suppose it’s a slow week in entertainment, sports, and MP3-tracks-I’ve-never-heard-of.

    The Star is pitching this as being a deliberate ploy by a Ford supporter to try to drum up sympathy for the candidate.

    Comment by Nicholas — October 12, 2010 @ 14:06

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