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The Toronto mayor who admits smoking marijuana but not crack cocaine | The Toronto mayor who admits smoking marijuana but not crack cocaine |
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Name: Rob Ford | Name: Rob Ford |
Age: Ask me later, I'm a bit out of it at the moment. | Age: Ask me later, I'm a bit out of it at the moment. |
Appearance: Larger than life. | Appearance: Larger than life. |
You mean fat? Yes, fat. He is a man with many chins. | You mean fat? Yes, fat. He is a man with many chins. |
What does he do? He is the mayor of the great city of Toronto. | What does he do? He is the mayor of the great city of Toronto. |
That's in Canada, isn't it? I believe so. | That's in Canada, isn't it? I believe so. |
Age: Ah, yes, sorry. He's 44. | Age: Ah, yes, sorry. He's 44. |
You seem a bit spaced out today. You haven't been doing drugs by any chance? What do you think I am, a Canadian politician? | You seem a bit spaced out today. You haven't been doing drugs by any chance? What do you think I am, a Canadian politician? |
I'm not with you. The Liberal party leader, Justin Trudeau, recently admitted taking marijuana, Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne has owned up too, and so has Big Rob, who said this week he'd "smoked a lot". But he vehemently denies taking crack cocaine. | I'm not with you. The Liberal party leader, Justin Trudeau, recently admitted taking marijuana, Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne has owned up too, and so has Big Rob, who said this week he'd "smoked a lot". But he vehemently denies taking crack cocaine. |
I should hope so. Who says he did? His enemies. | I should hope so. Who says he did? His enemies. |
Does he have many enemies? He has more enemies than he has chins. | Does he have many enemies? He has more enemies than he has chins. |
Such as? The Toronto Star, for a start, which claimed its reporters had seen a video that appeared to show Ford smoking crack. It also accused him of having a "drinking problem" for good measure. | Such as? The Toronto Star, for a start, which claimed its reporters had seen a video that appeared to show Ford smoking crack. It also accused him of having a "drinking problem" for good measure. |
I thought Canada was a dull place? Nothing about Ford is dull. He's a political rightwinger who makes Boris Johnson look like a wishy-washy liberal. | I thought Canada was a dull place? Nothing about Ford is dull. He's a political rightwinger who makes Boris Johnson look like a wishy-washy liberal. |
An example, please? Well, take his views on cyclists: "Every year we have dozens of people that get hit by cars or trucks. Well, no wonder: roads are built for buses, cars and trucks, not for people on bikes. My heart bleeds for them when I hear someone gets killed, but it's their own fault at the end of the day." He also once argued that taxpayers shouldn't be concerned about Aids because the only people who got it were gays and drug injectors, and complained that "Oriental people" are "taking over". | An example, please? Well, take his views on cyclists: "Every year we have dozens of people that get hit by cars or trucks. Well, no wonder: roads are built for buses, cars and trucks, not for people on bikes. My heart bleeds for them when I hear someone gets killed, but it's their own fault at the end of the day." He also once argued that taxpayers shouldn't be concerned about Aids because the only people who got it were gays and drug injectors, and complained that "Oriental people" are "taking over". |
And the people of Toronto elected him? By a record 11% margin in 2010. He's standing again next year, and has a good chance of re-election. Voters like his, er, robust anti-tax, anti-union, anti-most-things views. | And the people of Toronto elected him? By a record 11% margin in 2010. He's standing again next year, and has a good chance of re-election. Voters like his, er, robust anti-tax, anti-union, anti-most-things views. |
Most likely to say: "I'm not perfect." (His excuse when he admitted having been drunk and abusive at an ice hockey match in 2006.) | Most likely to say: "I'm not perfect." (His excuse when he admitted having been drunk and abusive at an ice hockey match in 2006.) |
Least likely to say: "It's time for us to get behind this diversity initiative." | Least likely to say: "It's time for us to get behind this diversity initiative." |
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