He may be a buffoon, but I just don’t see another choice. You see, I had planned on voting in the Toronto mayoral election for Rocco Rossi - a liberal, with good conservative fiscal policy. His ideas were very good, and he was running a clean campaign.
But today, Rocco Rossi unequivocally proved that his decision-making skills are questionable and he shouldn’t be trusted with the gigantic budget of Canada’s largest city. He hired Warren Kinsella to work his campaign. (Hello Warren, you chronic self-googler.)
For those of you not in the know (because unlike Warren, you’re not constantly googling “Warren Kinsella”), Kinsella is a spent Liberal party hack that very few people want hanging around. While every job loss in the last several years - from the Canadian Jewish Congress (which he wasn’t paid for) to the Federal Liberal Party - have been “resignations”, it’s pretty clear that he is the kiss of death to everything he puts his name to.
On top of his endless “resignations”, Kinsella is also the bored internet troll - we all know the type - who gets a hate-on for negative press and stalks the hell out of anyone who says anything negative about him. He actually pays his so-called “propeller heads” to sniff out his critics so he can serve them with legal papers*. Anyone with skin that thin should have their internet disconnected, because they obviously can’t handle it.
And this is the person Rocco Rossi - the closest thing to a sane candidate Toronto had on the ballot - wants working his backroom. Jesus.
Toronto mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi got a much-needed boost Monday as veteran Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella confirmed he is joining Mr. Rossi’s team.
“I’ve told Rocco Rossi I want to volunteer on his Toronto mayoralty campaign,” Mr. Kinsella said in an email.
“He’s super smart, he treats all people with respect — and he’s fiscally conservative and socially progressive. He’s a good man. Rob Ford is no good on the social issues; George Smitherman is not top-of-mind when it comes to fiscal discipline.”
On the plus side, Rossi isn’t paying him. Hence my liking of his fiscal policy.
* Screen cap of Warren offering a bounty for the deets on a blogger he didn’t like. Naturally, the original post is gone from his archives. Imagine that.