Ford's lawyer said they were holding off suing the Star until it was known whether a video would become public. Isn't that basically a confession? If Ford knows he's never smoked crack and that therefore there can't possibly be an authentic video of him doing so, why wait to sue?
I was thinking much the same thing. At first, this whole sorry episode just seemed too damned implausible, even for someone as out-of-control as Sideshow Rob, but the more I thought on it, the more I came to realize that this latest accusation really isn't out of character for him...and he sure as hell hasn't been conducting himself as though he's innocent since the scandal broke: Going into hiding, avoiding publicity, practially running away from the media. Very curious behavior for such a spotlight-hogging windbag; ordinarily, as with most narcissists who go into politics, the most dangerous space to occupy is between Rob Ford and any television cameras that happen to be in the immediate vincinity. But he even ducked hosting his weekly radio show last Sunday, which would have been the perfect opportunity for him to personally blast everyone associated with the charge, and I can't help thinking that's exacly what Ford would have done, in his usual unapologetic, bull-in-the-china-shop manner...if the charges were completely without merit.
As for brother Dougie blustering that of course the charges are utter bullshit: What else can we expect him to say? Hell, what else can he do, really? I might be more impressed if DENY, DENY, DENY wasn't their automatic fallback every time Boss Hogg gets caught with his pants down. Typical Nixonian 'strategy' for crooked politicians the world over.