Comments on: Tribalism

By: Simon Says

Simon Says — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:05:01 +0000

For the record, did not vote for Ford. But all my neighbors did and they will continue to support him. They are silent majority that don’t care about his public faults and as mention in my post, who ever is the candidate to challenge Ford needs to over come said perceptions.

I am not defending his driving habits (not sure where that non-sequitor came from) and remember, support levels don’t mean anything except on election day.

Win the hearts and minds of the suburbs and win the election because the downtown is not enough.

By: Sonny

Sonny — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:25:09 +0000

Dear Simon Says says; you are obviously a Ford defender even though the data showed 41% support for your man whereas Miller was at 70% & Lastman was at 60something% at the same time in their first term as City of Toronto Mayor…
so are you going to defend driving & reading on the highway?

By: Simon Says

Simon Says — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:41:46 +0000

As long as the perception of the left is “tax and spend” and people in the suburbs feel they are paying to support the downtown, and let’s face it strategic voting doesn’t work, finding a challenger to Rob Ford will be a difficult task.

By: John

John — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:42:11 +0000

Re: Leftards:

I know several leftards who refused to vote for Joe Pantalone, despite his pinko affiliations, because they thought he was a crap politician. Some of them voted for George Smitherman. Some of them even voted for Rob Ford. Yes, I can assure you that Rob Ford captured a small but significant chunk of the leftard vote.