Mayor Rob Ford

So now it appears that Toronto has elected Councillor Rob Ford as Mayor in a landslide.

I wrote about the Mayoral election on Aug 23rd when it appeared that Ford was the clear frontrunner in a field of poor candidates.  Since that time former Deputy Premier George Smitherman has been endorsed by the Toronto Star (predictable) and the Globe and Mail (sadly also predictable).  The editorial boards and columnists have been agog at the possibility that the people might elect Councillor Ford.

Heather Mallick of the Toronto Star wrote on Sept 20 that Rob Ford was an "angry, pink faced man with an oversized head."  She also described his supporters as a "monstrous regiment of angry, old, white, male voters." She compared voting for Ford to "sleeping with someone to get revenge on your spouse."

Really does Heather Mallick call herself a journalist?  Those comments are not reporting and they are not fit for the editorial page either.  She is just plain offensive....much like Rob Ford!

The self appointed intellects all hated the idea of Rob Ford as Mayor.  I can't stand Rob Ford.  I do think he is a buffoon....a worthy successor to the legacy of Mel Lastman and frankly a worthy successor to the polished intellectual buffoon David Miller.

I can't speak for anyone else but I found the media attacks against Rob Ford offensive and patronizing to the voters.  It might have pushed some more voters into the Ford column....the media onslaught certainly didn't seem to have helped the former front runner George Smitherman.

Democracy is flawed.  Whether you voted for Bob Rae or Mike Harris, you have reason to agree after those two gentlemen were elected Premier of Ontario.