Fri May 24, 2013, 08:05 PM

alp227 (30,752 posts)

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies using crack cocaine

Source: CBC

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, ensnared by allegations he was seen on a cellphone video smoking crack cocaine, ended eight days of silence on Friday by finally denying he uses crack. But his attempt to end the controversy has done nothing to mollify his critics.

"I do not use crack cocaine," Ford told a jam-packed news conference at Toronto City Hall. "Nor am I an addict of crack cocaine."

The allegations have generated such intense interest that the mayor's statement was carried live across Canada on major TV and radio news channels, as well as streamed live on the web.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/05/24/toronto-ford-newser.html

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies using crack cocaine (Original post)	alp227	May 2013	OP
Love that present tense. (nt)	Posteritatis	May 2013	#1
Exactly. A non-denial denial.	marmar	May 2013	#2
Is it really necessary to say "cocaine" after crack?	MrSlayer	May 2013	#3
+1	Jamaal510	May 2013	#4
His target audience is sheltered suburbanites who recognize the full phrase more readily. (nt)	Posteritatis	May 2013	#5
In other words …	the_chinuk	May 2013	#6
His using crack cocaine...or not...isn't the reason I want him out of office.	PDJane	May 2013	#7
Ford family values...	alp227	May 2013	#8
They want the tape	Life Long Dem	May 2013	#9

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Fri May 24, 2013, 08:05 PM

Posteritatis (18,807 posts)

1. Love that present tense. (nt)

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Fri May 24, 2013, 08:13 PM

marmar (72,731 posts)

2. Exactly. A non-denial denial.

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Fri May 24, 2013, 08:18 PM

MrSlayer (22,143 posts)

3. Is it really necessary to say "cocaine" after crack?

Redundancy really annoys me. There isn't crack heroin or crack angel dust. Crack says it all.

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Fri May 24, 2013, 08:53 PM

Jamaal510 (10,882 posts)

4. +1

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Fri May 24, 2013, 09:00 PM

Posteritatis (18,807 posts)

5. His target audience is sheltered suburbanites who recognize the full phrase more readily. (nt)

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Fri May 24, 2013, 11:01 PM

the_chinuk (332 posts)

6. In other words …

… as Mitch Hedberg famously joked:

"I used to use drugs. I still do! But I used to, to!"

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Fri May 24, 2013, 11:35 PM

PDJane (10,103 posts)

7. His using crack cocaine...or not...isn't the reason I want him out of office.

I want him out because he's an incompetent, scandal-ridden jerk with an idiot brother and a family straight out of a reality TV show.

This guy is a right-wing fool, with the kind of arrogance that goes with the syndrome. He can't manage to do anything right, and has been hoist with his own petard a couple of times. The best thing he could do for Toronto is resign.

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Sat May 25, 2013, 12:57 AM

alp227 (30,752 posts)

8. Ford family values...

“Don’t dress like a whore,” the mayor’s niece, Krista Ford, has advised Toronto women who fear sexual assault. Going by her former Lingerie Football League uniform, she can reasonably be regarded as a charcoal pot calling us a vast population of black kettles.

Krista Ford's "don't dress like a whore" advice will torment rape victims by Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick, 8/31/12. TYT also did a commentary about Krista's remarks:

TYT has also done segments on Rob Ford being ruled corrupt and unfit for office (/watch?v=3kFWVFDbaiE) and name-calling a 911 dispatcher (/watch?v=qLMLUn9XhWo).

Rob's brother, city council member Doug Ford, Jr., has defended Rob.

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Sat May 25, 2013, 01:03 AM

Life Long Dem (8,582 posts)

9. They want the tape

"We Are Raising $200,000 to Buy and Publish the Rob Ford Crack Tape"

http://gawker.com/we-are-raising-200-000-to-buy-and-publish-the-rob-ford-508230073

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rob-ford-crackstarter

$169,117

Raised of $200,000 Goal

3 days left

Rachel Maddow

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/#51996769

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