“All query into his private life was precipitated by public occurrences related to same especially where these intersected with his holding of public office.”
Maybe you should clarify, that those “public occurrences” at first mostly consisted of being somewhat intoxicated at a street party.
It goes without saying, that if he had followed the talking points of the left-of-centre political establishment in Toronto (and let them keep dipping their beaks in the city’s coffers!) that he could have been caught smoking heroin and fondling teenage boys and the Toronto Star et. al. wouldn’t have made a peep about it.
Rob Fords real and original sin of course, consisted of not being part of Toronto’s liberal elite, not having the correct, left of centre opinions-
(Trying to lower taxes, and wasn’t wringing his hands about the environment… Why how DARE he? And he coaches a football team?!?What a plebe!)
-and being popular among common -people.
And of course, he served as a perfect cause célèbre and whipping boy, a handy stand-in for Harper, for the champagne socialists in Ontario who otherwise have been going from defeat to defeat this last decade.
