For everyone who's been following the news lately, the story of Rob Ford aka Worst Mayor in the History of Mayors has been riveting to say the least. He's seemingly done every single bad thing someone can do and yet still remains Mayor of Toronto. The man has smoked crack ON VIDEO, used racial slurs ON VIDEO, threatened to kill someone ON A RECORDING and today knocked over a fellow council member ON VIDEO while attempting to defend himself, but all the city of Toronto has done is stripped him of his powers.
Don't get me wrong, stripping him of his powers is the right idea obviously. I'm thinking someone smoking crack and assuming they won't be caught shouldn't be making important, possible life-altering decisions. But we have a way to kick terrible politicians out of office. Why don't they? More importantly, why doesn't he just step down? Obviously, his tenure isn't going the way he'd hoped when the mayor's office was just a glint in his eye. But he can't stand behind his pride anymore. That's been pretty much thrown out the window in the midst of every terrible recording the press is playing each day. He can't be proud of what he's done so do the honorable thing and just step down already! At least keep a shred of your dignity and gain some respect. Now he's completely powerless and what? He's just going to hang around the mayor's house until his term is over? It's senseless!
But I suppose the one small, teeny-tiny bright spot in this whole mess: the fact that this embarrassing bit of drama isn't on the Americans for a change. We've got all sorts of other things to be embarrassed by. At least, we can feel a bit superior in this aspect - that is of course, until Anthony Weiner starts Twittering again...
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