tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post1054507698640919577..comments2024-03-17T19:10:13.841-07:00Comments on A Closer Look: Jody Paterson: It's not the crack, it's the character flawsJody Patersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038299584414910712noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-60668791671203234712013-11-09T21:24:33.701-08:002013-11-09T21:24:33.701-08:00The real story behind the Ford Show is Torontonian...The real story behind the Ford Show is Torontonians' election and affection for their mayor. Torontonians' collective brainlessness, to put it bluntly. As a British Columbian I only know too well about such bad choices and the brainlessness factor of a public eager to be taken for ride.Mr. Beer N. Hockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184518909716677938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-72530707410529875332013-11-06T09:50:38.830-08:002013-11-06T09:50:38.830-08:00Who says it's over? So bizarre and essentiall...Who says it's over? So bizarre and essentially, embarrassing.Sharon Warrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-28429670823756041542013-11-01T14:25:48.628-07:002013-11-01T14:25:48.628-07:00And then there was 'Golden Shower Bob' who...And then there was 'Golden Shower Bob' who was once in the BC Legislature, but that is a whole other matter.<br /><br />You've put the reality in a nutshell, Jodi and have spoken worthy volumes about hypocrisy and dishonesty and how there are at times other important considerations. Lyndon Johnson did more for civil rights in the US than any Kennedy ever dreamt of, yet he was kind of a pig of a human being and a notorious philanderer. But that doesn't detract from him being a highly worthy president, despite Vietnam.<br />And, like you, I have had moments indeed that would not be regarded kindly in terms of morality in the light of day.<br />Maybe it's about the name Robert Ford. It was Robert Ford who shot Jesse James and it was Robert Ford who killed a guy in a drug burn in Comox. Hmm.Ian Lidsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106994463366766471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-30249607407491042512013-11-01T12:57:15.375-07:002013-11-01T12:57:15.375-07:00Hello Jody,
Character - an interesting concept. ...Hello Jody,<br /><br />Character - an interesting concept. Sure enough we can parse a prson's behaviour and add up the plus and minus columns - that's important. But I find that the ones who come out on the minus side usually were clear to me in the first 2 seconds or so of seeing them. I don't know how that works and after the fact, after the evidence is in, it's easy to say that it's what I now KNOW about them, not what I SEE that creates that response. . But I know I have a visceral negative reaction to the sight of (to name a few) Gordon Campbell, Richard Nixon,Rob Ford, Steven Harper and some others. i SEE it in them. Rush Limbaugh, Jerry Falwell and a host of those grinning evangelicals etc etcetera. Can't take that to court, though. Marty H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com