[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

I don't know about "smart", but he's definitely nowhere near as eloquent or well spoken as many people who expressed an opinion in this thread, you and I included. In your words, he is a blowhard and a buffoon, after all.

Yesterday's painful "denial" of the whole thing tells us that.

I can't deny that I like to see blowhards and buffoons, especially right-wing clowns like Rob Ford, get their comeuppance.

But really, beyond his idiotic statements about cyclists, which can only be spoken by a dedicated fatass in an Escalade, I don't care about this guy. I don't live in Toronto.

I don't know the name of the mayors of Montreal or Vancouver or even Edmonton, but I know this guy's name, only because he has been an public idiot for years now.

Why we hear about this guy isn't a left-wing conspiracy. I don't think the video of him smoking crack is a left-wing conspiracy either. Some people do. I disagree. His behavior since this all came out hasn't changed that.

It really comes down to two options:

1) Gawker and Toronto Star made the whole thing out of nothing
2) Gawker and the Toronto Star didn't make the whole thing up

I think #2 is more likely.

You're missing the third option, Gawker and the Star were victimized by a prank.