The embattled former Mayor of Toronto who often battled demons of addiction has passed.
The embattled former Mayor of Toronto who often battled demons of addiction has passed.
Bummer he was a hoot.
Ranger50 wrote: Bummer he was a hoot.
No kidding. Guy reminded me of Chris Farley, also gone, RIP.
"The candle that shines twice as bright burns half as long..."
Vastly funnier than Trump without being meaningfully more harmful than your average politician...RIP.
Easily my favorite politician.
I liked him as a Mayor. He had the balls to stand up to public unions and tell them that the taxpayer well was not bottomless.
And yeah...I see Trump as medicine out of the same bottle but at a much higher dosage.
aircooled wrote: "The candle that shines twice as bright burns half as long..."
It seems to me that he lived his life like a candle in the wind.
Wall-e wrote: Easily my favorite politician.
Likewise, although that's not saying much.
In reply to Woody:
You should write a song! 
Furious_E wrote:Wall-e wrote: Easily my favorite politician.Likewise, although that's not saying much.
Seriously, that bar is champion limbo low.
One of my favorite Rob Ford quotes, probably NSFW: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H4siKr6qY8w
Love the accent,real hockey fan there ay?
Wall-e wrote: One of my favorite Rob Ford quotes, probably NSFW: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H4siKr6qY8w
The look on that female reporters face was priceless 
Saw that earlier and was soooo unsurprised. Politics is quite interesting momentarily..
Last meal? Too soon?
The Internet wouldn't be complete without someone taking things way too seriously.
Or realizing that's been Chicago politics for over a century.
He was certainly, uh, colorful. Anytime he was on the news, it was like watching footage from an unfinished Chris Farley project where he portrayed a bumbling, off-color politician.
Appleseed wrote: Or realizing that's been Chicago politics for over a century.
You have to consider that he was pretty terrible by Canadian standards
GameboyRMH wrote:Appleseed wrote: Or realizing that's been Chicago politics for over a century.You have to consider that he was pretty terrible by Canadian standards
He must have been impolite.
GameboyRMH wrote:Appleseed wrote: Or realizing that's been Chicago politics for over a century.You have to consider that he was pretty terrible by Canadian standards
Sure he was bad by Canadian standards but if he was mayor of DC he'd have been reelected easily.
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