ultrarunner

What...that he eats out of her plate?????

ExKiwilass

um, it's all over the internets.

scrubbedexpat091

One thing he has managed to do is draw the attention of US media, which is not an easy task generally since US media is not interested in Canada generally.

ultrarunner

Not just him though...Justin Bieber is doing is part too globally, by kicking an Argentina flag off stage

Ford to council....eat this

jimf

Just out of interest has Rob Ford been charged with anything yet?

Novocastrian

Was Richard Nixon ever charged by the police?

caretaker

I believe the conspirators took the rap, but as a legal prophylactic President Ford issued him a full pardon in 1974 for any crimes he may have commited while in office.

jimf

Nixon received a pardon to remove the possibility of charges. That's a no then?

Novocastrian

Not up to me mate. Doubt it though. The other thing that didn't happen when Nixon was impeached was a referendum or a new election.

It was the equivalent of the Council (Consigliere in the case of Doug) what done it.

caretaker

You must mean 'when Nixon resigned'.

jimf

Nixon resigned before he could be impeached.

Novocastrian

He had better judgement than Rob Ford. Ford refuses to resign even after being (the equivalent of) impeached.

jimf

All the pundits seem to be saying the flaw in the Toronto system of government is that there is no impeachment system for the mayor. If so there is no particular imperative for him to resign.

Nixon knew he would lose the impeachment process so resigned first.

Both decisions reflect the strength and weakness of each position.

caretaker

Trying to cover up his involvment in the burglary of Ellsberg's office (even though all pols are guilty of some espionage) and getting caught is way more serious than being a drunk buffoon on occasion. Because Operation Traveller is still waiting for court it's still unclear what if any charges Ford may face. Knowing a few gangsters isn't desireable in a mayor but isn't a crime, People tend to forget Nixon got the US out of Vietnam; his major crime was letting some of the cracks (no pun intended) in America's facade show. On a bus in southern Oaxaca in '75 the man next to me was reading a magazine about Watergate - the cover pic the Capital with all conspirators in front and the title was something like El Terminal Centro de Corruptione. In comparison the Ford case is similar to Nixon's in that both are about image rather than substance.

jimf

A fairly neutral assessment of the situation:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...d-council-coup

If council want to get rid of him they have the power to call an election............