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applegrove

(118,749 posts) Sat Feb 1, 2014, 11:13 PM Feb 2014

This just in: Rob Ford walked across a street

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rob-ford-gets-ticket-for-jaywalking-in-vancouver-suburb-1.2519676

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This just in: Rob Ford walked across a street (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2014 OP

Oh, there was a lot more to it, applegrove... freshwest Feb 2014 #1

I was trying to be funny. He dearly needs help. He is way in denial and spending applegrove Feb 2014 #2

Applegrove, there's no comparison. You didn't pay to get someone beaten half to death. I've known freshwest Feb 2014 #3

I just meant I'm a recovered alcoholic. And yes you are right I am too empathetic. applegrove Feb 2014 #4

I don't think I'm judging him. But he did judge others and chose to hurt. He did it to himself. n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #5

Yes. He is an awful role model for kids too. applegrove Feb 2014 #6

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

1. Oh, there was a lot more to it, applegrove...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2014, 12:00 AM

Feb 2014

He's at it again! Crack-smoking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is ticketed for jaywalking and public drunkenness in Vancouver, telling police officers he'd thought they were 'cooler' on the West Coast

Rob Ford was flagged down by police officers near a Shell gas station... Came to Vancouver to attend family friend's funeral... Eyewitness overheard Ford telling officers he thought police were 'looser' and 'cooler' on West Coast

Ford is being sued for allegedly conspired to have sister's ex Scott Macintyre beaten up in jail... MacIntrye alleges Ford conspired with Payman Aboodowleh, who coached football with Ford, to have one of their former players, who was also in jail at the time, to hurt him

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549968/Crack-smoking-Toronto-Mayor-Rob-Ford-ticketed-jaywalking-public-drunkenness-Vancouver-telling-police-officers-hed-thought-cooler-West-Coast.html

Sorry, since it's from the UK Mail.

applegrove

(118,749 posts)

2. I was trying to be funny. He dearly needs help. He is way in denial and spending

Reply to freshwest (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 2, 2014, 12:10 AM

Feb 2014

time planning out his next binge drinking event. That is all that matters to him. I know. I've been there.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

3. Applegrove, there's no comparison. You didn't pay to get someone beaten half to death. I've known

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 2, 2014, 01:01 AM

Feb 2014

plenty of drinkers, etc.

They don't deliberately hurt others the way that Ford has done. He's as malevolent as Christie, and while he needs help, he should not be in office and abusing people.

I understand the empathy, but don't sell yourself short. He may seem vulnerable to us now, or pitiful, but there is a lot more to the man.