"Cowardice asks the question...is it safe? Expediency asks the question...is it politic? Vanity asks the question...is it popular? But conscience asks the question...is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because it is right." ~Dr. Martin Luther King

Friday 28 September 2012

What Are You Implying

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Flags and Such":

"More ripples in the pond. Olivia Chow is seriously considering running for Toronto Mayor." 

No offence to Ms Chow. Is she qualified? Yes she was a councillor. Yes she is an MP, but are people expecting that something from her husband has rubbed off on to her? I do not see her as someone that could handle this job. 
Emotions aside, she could not do it.
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No offense intended to the writer but the comment is offensive to all women. .
 Ms Chow, I believe, was an alderman in Toronto as long ,if not longer than her late husband. She was successful in her own right in Toronto politics and in the federal arena.Nobody gets a free ride. 
Not even Justin Trudeau, I  warrant.
Without a doubt, she was a valuable resource, as her husband  went forward to become leader of the NDP. and achieve success for the party, never known  before.
Her loss must have been devastating. She carried on.She stayed the course.
If she is now thinking about coming home and  how her  skills might be better used, it would surely be a logical  decision.
Campaigning for the office of Mayor of Toronto would be a formidable task to contemplate. 
It would require one or both of  these two.. 
Unlimited financial resources.  The support of a political party.
The NDP  have been successful in Toronto campaigns. People and passion can combat money.
Olivia Chow would be a very attractive candidate.She is small but mighty,
Certainly the equal of any man who might come forward.
Including the current Mayor. 
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a smarmy comment for anyone to make about Olivia Chow! She might well turn out to be brilliant as Mayor and small-minded dismissals like the one made here will not stop her from trying. Maybe someone is worried about just that? That comment isn't just offensive to women - it pisses me off too.

Anonymous said...

It's the same kind of criticism hitting Justin Trudeau - that he isn't his father. Why should he be his father?

Anonymous said...





Any one but Ford.

Anonymous said...

The George Smitherman supporters looking for a easy win are not going to like this one bit if it is true. I hope it is. Might be good for TO. Go, girl!

Anonymous said...


Olivia Chow would be a brilliant candidate.

Experienced, intelligent, with a strong sense of responsibility.

Completely the opposite of Tubby.

It's a shame one has to wait two more years to dump Ford.

Anonymous said...

Okay then.... what has she done that would warrant her being such a great candidate?

I cannot think of anything.

The same is true of Justin Trudeau.

Show the record that would tell anyone the qualifications.