Holy christ this story is becoming AMAZING.
First off, Gawker stated that the drug dealer disappared sometime after last weekend, leading to Ford finally calling a press conference on Friday to smugly deny everything, making it pretty obvious to even the dumbest idiots that a: the dealer's been paid off (I'd give that a 90% chance), or been "taken care of" (I don't think the Ford's are competent enough to hire someone who can take care of things quietly, but I'll give them a 10% chance there). But whatever happened, don't tell me Mayor McCheese didn't have the phone # for his own freaking dealer. He knew exactly how to get ahold of the guy.
Then the Globe and Mail
broke a story this morning, which they say they've been working on for 2 years, that claims Rob's brother (and close political ally) Doug was a hash dealer for ten years during his teens and twenties. And his sister was in the KKK and was once shot in the face. The brothers called
another press conference today and most of the replies are flat-out AWESOME:
"they're talking 30 years ago, when I was 16, 17, 18 years old."
I didn't do it. Also was a long time ago.
Doug Ford on the Globe's editor in chief: "John Stackhouse: You're a disgusting human being, in my opinion."
When asked if he would sue the Globe for defamation:
“Can you afford.. after all these cases… there has to be a point… enough is enough… I’ll never rule out anything.”
“Can I go up, little David and Goliath, try to sue a media organization that drags it out for five years?”
"You're up against the big money,"
"I'm not even going to be in politics five years from now"
Soooo... no.
(Dougie has repeatedly said he's running for the provincial conservatives in the next election, and the provicial con leader had been saying they'd welcome him.)
Doug Ford: "I have no agenda." LeDrew: "Well, you have a political agenda." Doug: Well, yes, sticking up for the taxpayers.
Doug: "You'll never see us involved in any MONEY scandal, I'll guarantee that."
“Our family has hosted 100,000 people in our backyard.”
"These journalists in Toronto are scums!"
Yes, he actually used the plural.
They also went on and on repeatedly about how this story - now being broken by THREE separate papers, a dozen journalists, and several years work - has been entirely fabricated as a plot to bring them down.
I talk to criminals on a daily basis, no word of a lie, this interview sounded
exactly like those conversations.
Even better, noted filthy Liberal Andrew Coyne was calling this "the best interview ever".