@HeerJeet because he was viewed as a legitemate representative of a part of the Toronto electorate - a part that was put aside as "backward"
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@HeerJeet Similar to the corporate and media support for BJP's Modi in the Indian general election.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Pretty basic. Politicians go where the votes are. 383,501 of them. Almost Nooobody in Canada has gotten more.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet right man at right time. An anti-union anti-spending candidate on heels of garbage strike & car tax & known 4 opposing consensus.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Partly because his supporters relished the idea of seeing "the elites" governed by a mess like Ford.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Also, I don't think any of his supporters imagined he would turn out to be this bad.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Seems that more affluent/educated RWers have a real love/hate r'ship with the "unwashed masses" Ford represents. -
@HeerJeet I'm thinking of e.g. David Frum, who took decades to realize that when Rethugs were slamming urban educated people they meant him. - Show replies
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