John Tory is going to want you to think that he’s the nicest guy aside from Jesus Christ Himself (although in a progressive, pluralistic society, we don’t mention such figures for it might offend some!). Don’t let him fool you though: this man has more than his fair share of stories in which he threatens, back-stabs, and mistreats the members of his own party — just read any political insider book from the 1980s! I’ve personally witnessed him in Ottawa and Niagara Falls getting into petty squabbles and worse (more to come during the election by the way!). But in the meantime, look at this:
John Tory was one of the most vocal in calling for an apology stating ‘The highest office, Premier McGuinty’s office, making slurs is not acceptable.’
Well, from what I’ve seen in the last year of stories, anything remotely related to the Government of Ontario is “not acceptable”; that’s all I hear from this guy. Does John Tory even know what he’s speaking to or is this just his standard line every time the media asks him for a comment? Look, I think Dalton McGuinty is a screw-up just as much as the next guy, but the man cannot be held accountable for a government employee who make a bad judgment call in an email! McGuinty did the right thing and phoned the offended individual personally to apologize; that’s more than he needs to do! The message we should send to John Tory over this: GROW UP!!!
The Truth Laid Bear wrote:
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Posted on 24-Jul-07 at 5:51 am | Permalink
James Lithgrow wrote:
Are you kidding me? I normally agree with you but McGuinty did the right thing in appologizing, and Ferria and Tory did the right thing in demanding that resignation. You are rediculous to imply that there was nothing wrong with that statement. Bigot
Posted on 24-Jul-07 at 7:31 am | Permalink
Matthew wrote:
Oh James, please don’t get me wrong! The statement was totally out of place and I think that whoever wrote it should be rightfully worried about an investigation that would lead to disciplinary action. I neglected to mention this in my post not because I don’t feel that the “ghetto” comment was out of place but because I don’t think Tory should be laying the blame on the Premier’s Office for this! I hope that this sets the record straight. Cheers.
Posted on 24-Jul-07 at 8:10 am | Permalink
OMMAG wrote:
I’m thinking that John Tory is the Progressive Conservative equivalent of Jack Layton.
And that’s not a pleasant thought!
Posted on 24-Jul-07 at 11:24 am | Permalink