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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy should we care if Rob Ford smoked crack?
His press conference was on every news channel. But why? He's a mayor in another country.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Erose999
(5,624 posts)before he cuts their benefits. 'Cause he's just a creeper that way.
11 Bravo
(23,922 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)It's nice to see that other countries have to deal with boobs in politics and that we aren't alone.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...Fat Bastard from Austin Powers.
Get in Mah Belly!
TYY
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)a fair amount of USAmericans (the term used by the departed iverglas) have business interests, family, etc. up there.
Warpy
(110,913 posts)It really is kind of a big deal when the mayor of a major city is caught with a crack pipe after people noticed his performance in office was getting to be erratic.
I'm sure our friends to the north were treated to stories about Marion Barry when he got caught doing the same.
ETA: Yes, the coke Barry was charged with holding was actually the property of the undercover cop who busted him. Such niceties were never part of a Drug War witch hunt.
arthritisR_US
(7,269 posts)could be the hallmark indicators to a substance abuse problem.
Bandit
(21,475 posts)IMO the question is rather naive.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)And he is a tory.
And scandals have a predictable pattern, and he's done.
Why should Canadians care about the mayoral issues in the 8th largest US Market? For that matter why should the BBC and Televisa and Progreso?
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Especially in its largest metropolitan area?
This is the kind of thing that makes Canadians crazy: they can name all 50 states and know all about our politics and culture. Most Americans are hard pressed to name a single province.
Besides, this is a great, great story. I mean, it's great. What's not to like?
applegrove
(118,022 posts)And there may be more to the story. Ford's friend and sometimes driver was arrested for extorting the drug dealers to get the video back. Police have footage of him and Ford acting suspicious and exchanging packages in the dark of night. One of the drug dealers pictured in the video was murdered, by another drug dealer (but hey, at this point you never know). It is a public service when you take down a public figure who has done real bad things. It keeps other politicians on the straight and narrow. And us all. And that is the difference between us and Tunisia, that officials breaking the laws is not tolerated.