Thursday, July 28, 2011

Coun. Doug Ford attempts to remove his foot from his mouth

My my, even the Ford Brothers realize how idiotic they come across.

Nick must have had them on the phone...

A Toronto city councillor moved Wednesday to quell a firestorm of outrage over remarks he made about one of Canada's most celebrated literary figures.

Coun. Doug Ford said Tuesday he wouldn't recognize Margaret Atwood if he saw her and said she needed to get elected to city council before he'd "sit down and talk to her."

On Wednesday Ford, who is the elder brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, said he would in fact recognize her if he saw her — but most people wouldn't.

"Everyone knows who Margaret Atwood is but if she were to come up to 98 per cent of the people, they wouldn't know who she was," said Ford.


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