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CHIMO

(9,223 posts)
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 06:22 PM Sep 2012

Walkom: Three cheers for Rob Ford, true face of the modern right

Three cheers for Rob Ford. Many disparage Toronto’s outsize mayor. I say he does the country a favour by showing the true face of the modern right.

Other conservative leaders try to present a mellow face to the world. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has learned to speak in soothing monotones as he announces cuts to pensions and Employment Insurance. Ontario Tory Leader Tim Hudak smiles when he calls for trade union rights to be gutted.

In the U.S., Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tries to reserve his true opinions — such as his belief that almost half of Americans are pikers — for gatherings of fellow billionaires.

When these beliefs are leaked to the public, as happened this week, Romney is flummoxed.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1260477--walkom-three-cheers-for-rob-ford-true-face-of-the-modern-right

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