Interesting approach from David Eddie at the Globe and Mail.
His advice column is readable and sensible-lots of good common sense. Unlike that ghastly woman from Slate, or the shmaltzy trite in the Toronto Star.
I hope Ford reads this one.
"The one thing the public cannot forgive is having their intelligence
insulted by a too-obvious nose-stretcher. Anything else – hey, we’re all
human. But I think it’s naive to think pulling a “Ralph Klein” will
help Rob Ford. Either what’s alleged to be on that tape is true, or it
isn’t. If it is – well, what’s alleged is no mere indiscretion, or even
an understandable battle with the bottle."
"If Rob Ford were to come forward to say that what’s on the tape is
real, I can’t imagine how that day would be anything other than the last
day of his mayoralty, and no amount of references to rehab or “one day
at a time” would change that."
"And if the video is a fabrication –
well, he’s already said it’s “ridiculous.” What more is there to say?
Rob Ford’s best bet – in terms of hanging onto office as long as he can –
is to adopt the old-school approach and say absolutely nothing until he
absolutely has to. It’s a long shot, but at this point it seems like
about the only shot he’s got."
