I don’t really care about what petty crimes Rob Ford may or may have not committed. If I could, I’d consider voting for Svend Robinson.
What I do care about is the consistent display of poor judgement, no matter which side of the law it might manifest itself. Poor impulse control, narcissism, a belief that aggressiveness and determination alone are sufficient qualifications for political power, a need for chemical assistance - if these don’t affect legislative competence, what does?
I don’t think the Toronto Council is doing this in order to achieve anything. I think they’re just disgusted to the point where they just have to express it. We can sit and chuckle at Laughable Bumblefuck (and I’ve made more than a few Rob Ford jokes), but these people have to sit down and do their jobs with this clown.
If you had to work with a guy like that, and there was no way to get him disciplined, and his reaction to any admonition was a display of defiance, it wouldn’t be very funny for long.
