Friday, February 11, 2011

Committee vice-chair Doug Ford bleats out the conservative mating call: Get a Job!

Other calls include: "You're not like me, let's make a law to confirm that" and "crime rates are down, let's build more jails".

Another example of why conservatives should never be in a position where caring and empathy are required. They are incapable of either.

After Ontario Coalition Against Poverty protesters stormed a meeting of city council’s budget committee Thursday morning, committee vice-chair Doug Ford told a confrontational protester to “get a job” — echoing comments his brother, Mayor Rob Ford, made to OCAP protesters during similar City Hall demonstrations in 2002 and 2005.

The radio station 680 News captured Doug Ford’s comment on tape. Asked about it during the budget committee’s lunch break, Ford said, “I didn’t say ‘Get a job,’ not at all. Show me on tape when I said that.” Told that reporters had listened to the tape, he did not respond; a security guard then escorted him out of the committee room.

When OCAP protesters stormed a council meeting in 2005, then-councillor Rob Ford said, “I’m working. Why don’t you get a job?”


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And of course our resident idiot Chris Shelley can be relied upon to defend unfeeling conservatives..

Doug Ford retort not out of bounds

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