{"id":4514,"date":"2013-11-06T06:15:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T11:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2013-11-20T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T21:50:29","slug":"sideway-glances-of-robford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4514","title":{"rendered":"Sideway Glances of #RobFord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<w:UseFELayout\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object>\n\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\n\tmso-para-margin:0cm;\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;\n\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;\n\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Admittedly, we too got caught up in the 30-minute-Twitter-frenzy following Toronto Mayor Rob Ford\u2019s press conference late afternoon yesterday. Here are 10 of the more colourful tweets from the @ByGeorgeJournal feed.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@splomgirl &#8211; I felt like my eyes were going to roll out of my head while scrolling through my twitterfeed of Rob Ford&#8217;s transcript.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@brycebaril &#8211; I can&#8217;t help but hear Meatloaf when I hear Rob Ford&#8217;s speech. &#8220;I would do anything for Toronto, but I won&#8217;t step down&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u200f<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@acarvin &#8211; This whole Rob Ford mess is like a Chris Farley SNL sketch that never, ever ends\u2026. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>#TOpoli <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@ByGeorgeJournal &#8211; Very funny. #LOL \u2013 RT @davidakin &#8211; &#8220;It\u2019s a little unorthodox as re-election launches go.&#8221; #topoli <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@slilleyman &#8211; Good news you guys! Via @VanityFair: Rob Ford\u2019s Crack-Apology Football Tie Now Available on eBay <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@ArwenLong &#8211; I can&#8217;t stop tweeting about #RobFord. But I&#8217;m not an addict. I can stop at any time. #TOpoli <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@Naparstek &#8211; Toronto&#8217;s corrupt, corpulent, Cadillac-driving Rob Ford is the perfect embodiment of the demise the North American suburb.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@gmbutts &#8211; So congratulations, Rob Ford, for outdoing all previous Hogtown Mayors. You&#8217;ve made Toronto the centre of the universe. #TOpoli <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@Irene680News &#8211; Not every day #CNN carries a presser from ##Toronto live, #RobFord has the world talking <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/lQbzDPPPWz\">pic.twitter.com\/lQbzDPPPWz<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@ByGeorgeJournal &#8211; Agreed! #LOL \u2013 RT @RosieBarton &#8220;After today no one is allowed to say bombshell on the news ever again. ok?&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">And we RT-ed a few serious questions\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@IvisonJ &#8211; Perennial questions for anyone in power: Where did your power come from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">@rosalyndawn &#8211; Critical question for #cdnpoli types: How can we get voters -young voters esp- to take the political process seriously amid so much scandal?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Consider following <a title=\"By George on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByGeorgeJournal\" target=\"_blank\">@ByGeorgeJournal on Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>(ed. &#8211; Photo credit: Michelle Siu for the National Post)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admittedly, we too got caught up in the 30-minute-Twitter-frenzy following Toronto Mayor Rob Ford\u2019s press conference late afternoon yesterday. 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