10 Embarrassing Moments From Toronto Mayor Rob Ford: http://www.buzzfeed.com/corinacorina/10-embarrassing-moments-from-toronto-mayor-rob-for-a4f9
Ahhhh.... Rob Ford the crack fiend....
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Actually it came from Gawker, the Star followed up on it, but are not the ones who broke the story.
That said I agree with you that until the video is out there it's not proof of anything. However, it is a serious allegation, and a serious question mark under neath the mayor's ability to function -- one that appears to be consistent with some of his behavior.
Do you agree that Ford should submit to a drug test to find out of there is cocaine in his system?
True enough. Most (maybe all) news organizations don't pay for information.
The scandal sheets -- such as the National Enquirer -- will pay, and have paid. That's why you sometimes see scandals breaking in those types of tabloids.
I believe the John Edwards scandal first broke in the National Enquirer.
The Gawker is trying to raise 200G to buy the video. Apparently the cost has doubled in a few hours.
So we're still on the topic of unsubstantiated claims are we?
Funny how you're so willing to take Rob Ford's word for one thing, and not The Star's word for another.
Do you have no sense of humour? Can you be slightly more vague? What am I willing to take Ford's word on exactly? The Star is a newspaper with a political agenda, I would hope they have more than their word when they publish, I'm not willing to take their word on anything. You on the other hand seem to be willing to take their word on everything...like a sheep.
The Story is legit.
The Star is the only paper that does investigative journalism and we're lucky for it.
We deserve to know the dirty details of our mayor's actions whether we like it or not.
The Star is the only paper that does investigative journalism and we're lucky for it.
We deserve to know the dirty details of our mayor's actions whether we like it or not.
Addiction isn't class conscious. It works just as well on rich neurochemistry as poor. It's possible he started with a more typical rich man's drug like cocaine classic and "upgraded" to a quicker delivery mechanism after becoming addicted.Ford would never do crack , crack is cheap. He make's too much money to ever smoke crack.
It was a joke referencing something a very famous singer (now deceased) said a few years back.
The last time I picked up the Star (I don't live in the GTA) was that bullshit piece they did on Marineland.
That paper has lost credibility. So sad, as they used to have a real soul and shape public opinion.
Whether this thing on Ford is true or not, it is rather early. They figure an unproven story now is better than a proven story tomorrow or next week. Pathetic.
That paper has lost credibility. So sad, as they used to have a real soul and shape public opinion.
Whether this thing on Ford is true or not, it is rather early. They figure an unproven story now is better than a proven story tomorrow or next week. Pathetic.
Why should he? This is another baseless claim. For years the left has attempted to smear Ford personally with little to no success. Where's Stintz now? You mean to tell me these idiots turned down $40K for the tape, this has to be the biggest joke I've ever seen. Gawker.com ya that's a real credible source.
There are three crowd source funding drives to raise enough money to buy the video.
Gawker seems to have the one that might do it.
There's probably enough people who would fork out $10-20 for it to happen.
Spending $100k to get Ford out of office would save us millions in the long term.
Gawker seems to have the one that might do it.
There's probably enough people who would fork out $10-20 for it to happen.
Spending $100k to get Ford out of office would save us millions in the long term.
I'm just sitting here laughing my ass off!
We as a city, we need Ford. There just can be anyone else to be mayor.
That is destiny.
I'll bet they gonna make his brother Doug Ford transportation minister in the next provincial government.
We as a city, we need Ford. There just can be anyone else to be mayor.
That is destiny.
I'll bet they gonna make his brother Doug Ford transportation minister in the next provincial government.
The Star suffered a huge hit last month after running that front-page story about MPP Margarett Best:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/publ...r_about_mpp_margarett_best_public_editor.html
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I wonder if anyone has picked up on the fact that the house where the crack smoking incident is said to have occurred is just down the street from the location of Ford's 2010 campaign office.
The house was reportedly at Kipling and Dixon. Ford's campaign office in 2010 was at Islington and Dixon.
