During the federal election, the Conservatives ordered Doug Ford to keep his head low and his mouth shut. But, in the wake of that failed strategy, the old Doug Ford is back. Bob Hepburn writes:
You can’t keep the real Doug Ford down.
He’s back to bashing the media, snapping earlier this week that “you guys, the media, want to stick in this little downtown Toronto bubble.” His angry outburst came when reporters asked legitimate questions about the province’s controversial new double-blue licence plates.
He’s back making gross exaggerations about his supposed accomplishments, for example bragging last week about how his job-creation record is better than that of the previous Liberal government, which it isn’t.
He’s back claiming credit where it’s not due and whining about not getting the credit he thinks he deserves. For example, he unashamedly boasted about reaching a deal with the Marten Falls and Webequie First Nations on the building of a road to the “Ring of Fire” chromite deposits in the far north of the province. Of course, it was the same Ford who ripped up basically the same deal reached by the Wynne government almost as soon as he took power in 2018.
He’s back railing against unions. This week he blasted teacher unions, with whom his government is in tough contract talks, for supposedly holding “the province hostage for 50 years.”
He’s back encouraging partisan applause from his caucus in the legislature, where earlier this week Tory MPPs staged two standing ovations in a Question Period session.
If you thought that Doug had learned some lessons, think again. Some people are immune to education.
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6 comments:
Yes, we have our very own "stable genius".
There are some remarkable similarities between the two men, zoombats.
The willingness of PC MPPs to debase themselves by applauding this clown's antics astounds me. Running for public office these days seems to require people to abandon any sort of self-worth, pride or decorum. No wonder the scum always rises.
Cap
The price of admission is debasement, Cap. Can they look at themselves in the mirror every morning and not feel shame?
Everybody likely has some experience with a dysfunctional organization where that type of conduct pervades. They all implode sooner or later, but the obsequious worms who thrived there just go on to their next gig and start all over. It won't change in CRAP Party politics until scores of constituents make appointments with their reps for the single purpose of just sitting in their offices and laughing in their faces when they stick out their slimy hands for a shake.
The only antidote for this kind of ignorance, John, is strong public rejection.
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