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By joejoe (anonymous) | Posted October 27, 2010 at 14:37:19
"Let's see, an outsider candidate unsupported by the media and political elites, running on a take back cityhall for the regular guy/stop the government waste platform rides what could be described as a grassroots movement into the top spot in Canada's largest city against some very well connected political opponents and some want to declare that a failure of democracy? What???"
I can assure you I would be even more upset if another baffoon had gotten elected with the support you mentioned. The fact that Ford got elected with little traditional (the 'elite' I think they're calling it now :) )backing is the only bright spot of the whole campaign.
The crux of my complaint is that Ford would not have passed a traditional job interview for Mayor. Campaigning is a branding exercise plain and simple. His outsider reputation worked in his favour this time.
Ford is boorish, racist and has demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of urban issues. His platform was shallow and mostly impractical. He has been unable to build concensus in 10 years of council work. He is a poor candidate and will most likley be an ineffective mayor.
Many of our 'traditionally' elected (media backed etc) politicians are equally unqualified. THAT is the reason I'm supporting some of the reforms I've repeated in this piece.
Suggesting I'm a poor loser is nonsense. I had no expectation that Pantalone would win in fact I believe I stated that all the candidates - the favourites at least - were poor choices. What we need is better candidates. Surely we can all agree on that?!
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