Let Me Make This Perfectly Clear.........

did he inhale?

not sure, he didn't blow (the breathalyzer that is)

Interesting question, dj. Let me think about it for a minute.

Getting found out (eventually) often depends on how important they end up becoming as a politician & also how many friends they have in high places. Say nothing of how many enemies they've made along the way, obviously.



Well not like something smoking dope at university!

Perhaps something that I considered seriously contradicted their public stance on particular issues. (Like a politician who'd entered office with a strong platform of fighting crime & corruption, but turned out to have a less than spotless personal history in this area him/herself? I suspect there might a few of them around. )

I wouldn't be too concerned if they had been charged with something in the past. It could be something that they were truly not guilty of. I remember being accused of a crime many years ago that I had absolutely nothing to do with. Fortunately, the authorities saw it this way too before any charges were made.

If past transgressions resulted in criminal charges and conviction, I would be most concerned. Those that either attempt to hide, cover up or claim ignorance when they are found out would be off my list, regardless of how I intended to vote beforehand.

Nobody forgets being charged with something. Ford chose to try to hide the marijuana thing. That, in my opinion, is worse that being charged with the marijuana possession.

Hmm, is it possible to make something imperfectly clear?

You must be new here.

if he didn't have one

I'm too old to be new.

these are the deal breakers for me with Ford.

The first one would be the deal breaker with any politician. Lying about something on the public record. Lying, and being stupid. Not a good combo for someone who wants to be a leader.

They discussed this on CHCH News this morning and they said much the same as I did in my original post.

The concensus was that he would have been much better off being up front at the beginning rather than trying to cover his ass now.

The question was asked that if a politician was an excellent fiscal manager or had some other trait or skill that would be beneficial to the city of Toronto, would that trait or skill trump the past charges.
The answer was that this happens all the time in politics and the fiscal management would trump the charges.

One pundant suggested that most things are forgiven of politians except for murder as in the case of Colin Thatcher. Remember Colin killing his wife in Saskatchewan?

Well, Ford's long suit seems to be being a loud-mouth. Maybe that's enough to get him in. Worked for Lastman.

I never heard of him before djs post. I saw him on the news this morning and I was not impressed. If I still lived in Toronto, he would not be getting my vote.

Assault regarding a hockey game at 18 is one thing but the assault, or alleged assault, on his wife two years ago would be a deal breaker for me too.

Mel was weird, but I liked Mel. I remember when they opened the Bad Boy store on Parliament Street in the mid fifties. They gave everybody, including kids without parents with them, hot dogs and cokes.