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Conservatism Wins Every Time It’s Tried

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Rob Ford’s election puts to rest the myth that conservatives have to compromise their principles to win.

When Rob Ford announced his intention run for mayor of Toronto you would not have been blamed for laughing at the proposition. Toronto is quite possibly the most liberal city in North America. The current mayor, who was elected for two consecutive terms, is a shade to the left of Fidel Castro. No way would Toronto elect an unapologetic, uncompromising conservative, or so the thinking went. However, Rob Ford ran a campaign grounded in common sense conservatism. And he won an overwhelming victory.

If conservatism can win in Toronto in can win anywhere. Rob Ford being elected Mayor of Toronto would be like Sarah Palin being elected Governor of New York. The lesson is, conservatism wins. The ‘experts’ incessantly tell us that the only way conservatives can win is by moderating, and becoming leftist-lite. In reality, milquetoast conservatives lose. If the only option is between a principled big spender  and an unprincipled big spender, why would voters ever go for the unprincipled option?

Instead of trying to appease the pseudo-conservative intelligentsia, conservatives should focus on first principles. Common sense ideas like low taxes and limited government are sure winners. Whenever conservatism is on the ballot, it wins. The most difficult challenge is getting conservatism on the ballot.

Establishment party officials do their best to smear, defame and defeat conservatives within their own party. Remember, this year’s batch of Tea Party backed candidates had to take on their own party, often in hotly contested primaries. In fact, many in the establishment refused to endorse victorious Tea Party candidates (see: Crist, Charlie). The ruling class fears citizen legislators who are inspired by a belief in limited government.

Despite the best efforts of the elites and their toadies in the media, conservatism wins. Rob Ford’s victory should embolden conservatives everywhere.

Latte Futures Plummet as Toronto Contemplates Ford Mayoralty

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Today we’re celebrating Rob Ford’s victory. I guess there really is hope for Toronto

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National Post

Kelly McParland: Latte Futures Plummet as Toronto Contemplates Ford Mayoralty

Across Toronto this morning bleary-eyed residents grabbed their two-wheelers and cycled to Starbucks, ordered up a stiff frappuccino — what the hell, make it 2% milk, I’ll need it — and surveyed the damage.

It couldn’t be true. Rob Ford, Mr. Double-Double, a guy who never met a cruller he didn’t like, had pulled it off. The man got himself elected mayor. All those angry suburbanites, the ones who were supposed to complain a lot but skip the actual process of voting, had turned up en masse and put the guy in office.

For Toronto’s urban sophisticates, it was a wipe-out. Total repudiation. Worse than the time they ran out of well-oaked chardonnay at Vintages. What are they supposed to do now, move to Calgary? Buy a leaf blower, for Chrissake? Any day now they’ll be erecting barriers at Pusateri’s, checking IDs. No one gets in without a credit card from Home Depot.

Wearily they munched their almond biscottis and totted up the devastation. Someone would have to contact the holistic, non-profit communal bike-sharing project and warn them the grand opening, scheduled for January, would be delayed.

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Didn’t see this one coming

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In the seasonal slew of municipal elections across Canada, I was expecting that Toronto would deliver the surprise of the year with the impending Mayoral victory of Rob Ford, or as my colleague Ari Fine calls him, “The only person I’ve ever been looking forward to voting for.” What I wasn’t expecting was the downfall of Calgary.

Calgary’s new Mayor is none other than Naheed Nenshi (don’t worry, no one else has heard of him either.) There are a couple of factors here to consider: 1) He’s gay; 2) He’s a Muslim; and, worst of all, 3) He’s Harvard-educated. While I wonder how the homosexual, Muslim professor was elected in Calgary, a city formerly known as Canada’s Houston (in the province of Alberta, Canada’s Texas,) I find it particularly amusing that this is a guy who needed to run a campaign ad telling people how to pronounce his name (apparently Abdullah Bin-Buttrumping wasn’t good enough.)

Despite running a campaign with a fiscally-conservative platform out of necessity, Nenshi’s campaign was lacking in what most would refer to as “a platform.” Conservative cabinet Minister Jason Kenney referred to it as a “brilliant ideas-based campaign,” but I question how this “ideas-based campaign” is anything more than a big month-long singing of Kumbaya. Seriously, Nenshi wanted to start a revolution where the city folk would spend more time “talking to the person next to you on the bus” and “taking an extra minute with the cashier at Safeway.” All that he was missing were Styrofoam Greek columns and crowds chanting “Yes we can!” And, much like Barack Obama’s 2008 election campaign, with no record to stand on, people were happy swooning over a vision. The true conservative in this race was Ric McIver, and Calgarians will soon learn how bad having a leader who doesn’t represent them is.

Interesting advice from a government-funded newspaper

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Xtra Magazine claims to be the primary source for Canada’s gay and lesbian news. Now, Xtra is anything but a member of the mainstream media. However, I still would like to hold a publication that receives federal funding from the Ministry of Heritage to a higher standard than is deserved by this paragon of contemporary journalism. In a piece about frontrunner Toronto mayoral candidate Rob Ford (incidently the only conservative in the race,) Shawn Syms’ article “Deep inside Rob Ford” bears the byline, Anal passion could give birth to compassion. Shawn’s expert advice? Have anal sex with the city councilor.

Maybe Toronto City Councillor Rob Ford just needs to take it up the butt. And I’d love to be the one to give it to him.

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Exploring anal intimacy could finally allow the man a new openness to others who are different from himself — and in a sense that is tangible instead of just metaphorical. Allowing someone else to pleasure themselves inside you involves a spirited abandonment of personal interest — it’s about giving, instead of always taking away. Maybe if he didn’t have such a tight ass, the noted penny pincher might not be such a tightwad.

Successfully taking it in the rear is the ultimate lesson in vulnerability and trust — two qualities that could go a long way toward improving Ford’s attitude toward the diverse and complex world around him.

As a warning, it only gets worse. Does Xtra represent the mainstream gay community? Perhaps, perhaps not. But one thing’s for sure, politicians should keep their backs to the wall we need to take a serious look at how we define organizations that supposedly enhance Canadian culture. If this represents cultural values that Canadians need to embrace (no pun intended, seriously,) then I think it’s time for those representing Judeo-Christian values to rise up again and say “hold up!” to the government.

H/T to Blazing Cat Fur