Awww, the Mussolini Twins lost their little weekly propaganda outlet, did they? So sad. And the Fords and 1010 "mutually determined" to bring an end to the show, is that right? I wonder how much truth there is to that statement. Did the Fords go voluntarily, or were they told in no uncertain terms by the station's management that they were no longer wanted? One can certainly hope for the latter - and I do!!! - though either way, at least the two shit stains no longer get to regularly spew their content-free self promotons on air. That's something.
Meanwhile, whoever thought it was a good idea to trot Sis and Ma Ford onto City TV to drum up sympathy for Little Orphan Fordie? Because it doesn't appear to be working. (A quick gloat: Heh, heh, heh!) They're completely in denial about their son/brother, and the main priority appears to be keeping the cretinous fuck-up in office in order to help pave the way for Dougie's future political ambitions. Here's a simply charming detail from the Toroto Life story about the Fords that might shed some light on their family dynamic:
John Tory discovered it in 2003, when he was running for mayor against David Miller. Advised that he ought to seek out the blessing of Ford’s father, who was then regarded as the reigning power broker in Etobicoke, Tory arranged a lunch date with the retired MPP. When he arrived, he found Doug Sr. waiting to size him up along with Diane and all three of their burly blond sons. After an hour of pleasant chatter, Diane Ford got to the point. “She said, ‘Well, we think you’re a pretty good fellow and we’re going to support you for mayor,’ ” Tory recalls. “ ‘You can serve for a couple of terms and then it’ll be Robbie’s turn.’ ”
The story itself:
http://www.torontolife.com/informer/features/2012/05/15/rob-ford-the-weirdest-mayoralty-ever/
And here's a hilarious observation from a poster at the Urban Toronto forum (well...it made me laugh):
Ford's mum visited his stupid decorated office on Halloween week, CTV did a short piece on it. As he was escorting his mother back through the hoards of reporters he asked them to move so his mother could get through. What I thought was funny (and telling) was when she stopped in front of one of the reporters who dared to block her path, she looked him up and down and shot him a "don't you know who I am" look, then continued on to the elevator. It spoke volumes.
So, her husband built up a successful buisness that made this family of hicks into millionares - a not inconsiderable achievement, to be fair - but he then became an uninspiring backbencher in one of the most thuggish Provincial governments in recent memory, and it's the latter, combined with their newly wealthy status, that appears to have given Mumsy the delusion of being some kind of bargain basement, white trash Lady MacBeth. Yikes.
I used to assume Ford's life story would be a natural for some big, dumb Hollywood comedy film with lotsa pratfalls and Chris Farley-esque slapstick, but now, I'm thinking this family of ghouls might be more accurately portrayed by someone like David Lynch or David Cronenberg.
