Thursday, September 16, 2010

Being George Smitherman

I’m not sure Smitherman can be counted out (and I still support Rocco Rossi) but the election certainly isn’t shaping up the way it was expected to:

 

http://bit.ly/bqkaiJ

 

 

“The Chosen One hasn’t helped his cause by going through an identity crisis right before our eyes

 

Maybe George Smitherman is smarter than the rest of us. Maybe all his veering to the right means he knows something we don’t about the voting public. 

 

But from the outside looking in, it’s not just the pundits who are asking WTF? How did the front-runner in the race for mayor, the self-styled Toronto boy, the chosen one, go from king of the heap to flirting with disaster?”

 

 

2 comments:

James Curran said...

Naturally it sould be easy for you to ignore news like this:

http://www.thestar.com/article/861910--tories-back-smitherman

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/inside-city-hall/prominent-tories-sign-open-letter-for-smitherman/article1709209/

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/09/15/smitherman-conservatives-endorsements645.html

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontomayoralrace/article/861805--ford-accused-of-exploiting-family-business

Yes, I would say George is far, far from out of it.

Anonymous said...

Georgy is by no means out of it.

He is however shaken by the fact it is not a cakewalk. It was supposed to be easy. He left the McGuinty gov't in a huff and no doubt thought he could walk into the mayors chair.


E-health? Bah thats old news people, it's done.


My hunch is that he'll finish third with perhaps Rocco squeaking past him for second. It will be a humbling experience for our dear friend but lord knows he needs it.