I mean I liked Ben Johnson, in a way that you like a guy in that you feel sorry for him because everybody cheated but he was the only one that got caught and paid dearly. He was disgraced while others were heroes, but he was the one that ran 100 meters in 9.79 seconds. They were on drugs too, but they couldn't beat that time, but hey when you are a Canadian you get to the back of the line.
So Ben Johnson cheated (like most others in the field), got caught, lied, continued to lie and became "disgraced". He could run like the wind, but intelligence perhaps wasn't his strongest suit.
He has now joined Rob Ford's re-election campaign.
That half sentence has to be a paragraph of it's own given the pure insanity of it's merit. I was in a grade one class making up a song about a fat cat siting on things and smashing them down while a tone deaf kid added a whistling solo through the whole song, and that paragraph is the most bat shit crazy thing i have heard in a long time.
So a mayor who gets caught using illegal drugs and repeatedly lies about it, and then comes clean when the evidence is too overwhelming, has taken on to his campaign team one of the most famous drug cheats (who repeatedly lied about it until coming clean far too late for respectability). It's so crazy it just might work? The old 180 degree logic... and hey people like Ben Johnson, and many feel he was unfairly treated.
Check this:
In 2008- Disgraced Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson planed to sue his former lawyer's estate for $37 million, alleging that Edward Futerman took advantage of his "diminished mental capacities"
The lawsuit contends attorney Ed Futterman took advantage of Johnson. The suit also contends Johnson was incapable of understanding complex legal documents. Johnson’s own lawsuit contends, psychiatric experts concluded in 1989 that “there is overwhelming evidence that Mr. Johnson is intellectually retarded.”
Believe it or not the case was thrown out of court.
Clearly always good to fill the campaign team with people previously declared as "intellectually retarded". It's not like politics is a blood sport that relies on deft cunning, attacking perceived weaknesses, even creating them if need be, right. That's where the person with diminished mental capabilities comes in to "right" the campaign team. People will be looking at their T.V's thinking Rob Ford looked really intelligent next to that famous drug cheat... i think I'll vote for him.
I feel bad, I don't want to stomp on Ben Johnson, i guess he needs money, and Rob Ford has money, so you get hired on to do an event and use your celebrity to get some attention. That has to be it right? I guess you can do the Rob Ford gig and if somebody gives you a hassle you can play the "diminished mental capacity" card.
But does intelligence matter in politics anymore? There is no point answering that question... because the answer is depressing and enraging at the same time. It's the human condition where people can be highly intelligent and capable of amazing thing but together we are dumb as a post.
If you were writing a comedy sketch and you were doing the Rob Ford re election campaign, Ben Johnson would be the person you would put on his campaign team. The person who is most famous for the traits you have that you are trying to dismiss as something that happened in the past and is over. I could be wrong.. i see irony, a thick slab of it, but perhaps others will see an "average" and "likeable" guy who made an honest mistake and carried on to do good. Which is absolute gibberish of course, but who gives a shit... if you can get elected.
So Ben Johnson cheated (like most others in the field), got caught, lied, continued to lie and became "disgraced". He could run like the wind, but intelligence perhaps wasn't his strongest suit.
He has now joined Rob Ford's re-election campaign.
That half sentence has to be a paragraph of it's own given the pure insanity of it's merit. I was in a grade one class making up a song about a fat cat siting on things and smashing them down while a tone deaf kid added a whistling solo through the whole song, and that paragraph is the most bat shit crazy thing i have heard in a long time.
So a mayor who gets caught using illegal drugs and repeatedly lies about it, and then comes clean when the evidence is too overwhelming, has taken on to his campaign team one of the most famous drug cheats (who repeatedly lied about it until coming clean far too late for respectability). It's so crazy it just might work? The old 180 degree logic... and hey people like Ben Johnson, and many feel he was unfairly treated.
Check this:
In 2008- Disgraced Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson planed to sue his former lawyer's estate for $37 million, alleging that Edward Futerman took advantage of his "diminished mental capacities"
The lawsuit contends attorney Ed Futterman took advantage of Johnson. The suit also contends Johnson was incapable of understanding complex legal documents. Johnson’s own lawsuit contends, psychiatric experts concluded in 1989 that “there is overwhelming evidence that Mr. Johnson is intellectually retarded.”
Believe it or not the case was thrown out of court.
Clearly always good to fill the campaign team with people previously declared as "intellectually retarded". It's not like politics is a blood sport that relies on deft cunning, attacking perceived weaknesses, even creating them if need be, right. That's where the person with diminished mental capabilities comes in to "right" the campaign team. People will be looking at their T.V's thinking Rob Ford looked really intelligent next to that famous drug cheat... i think I'll vote for him.
I feel bad, I don't want to stomp on Ben Johnson, i guess he needs money, and Rob Ford has money, so you get hired on to do an event and use your celebrity to get some attention. That has to be it right? I guess you can do the Rob Ford gig and if somebody gives you a hassle you can play the "diminished mental capacity" card.
But does intelligence matter in politics anymore? There is no point answering that question... because the answer is depressing and enraging at the same time. It's the human condition where people can be highly intelligent and capable of amazing thing but together we are dumb as a post.
If you were writing a comedy sketch and you were doing the Rob Ford re election campaign, Ben Johnson would be the person you would put on his campaign team. The person who is most famous for the traits you have that you are trying to dismiss as something that happened in the past and is over. I could be wrong.. i see irony, a thick slab of it, but perhaps others will see an "average" and "likeable" guy who made an honest mistake and carried on to do good. Which is absolute gibberish of course, but who gives a shit... if you can get elected.
