# Rob Ford quits politics **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308 "2014-09-12T17:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/1 "2014-09-12T17:04:54Z")
He has just announced that he will not be running for re-election this fall. So he will be out of politics when his term expires. He had a stomach tumor, although it is not yet know if it is malignant. ---
**Author:** ![callander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@callander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callander)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/2 "2014-09-12T17:09:48Z")
Just nuts, I have to say TO politics have been beyond what I thought possible with Ford. Maybe he can get well and the city will gain some respectability. The whole thing has been surreal. And embarrassing plus. ---
**Author:** ![callander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@callander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callander)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/3 "2014-09-12T17:20:08Z")
I am not sure but they are showing the clerks office and someone may have just filed papers on behalf of Doug Ford ( Rob Ford’s brother) for mayor, so this nonsense may not be over, yet. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/4 "2014-09-12T17:24:13Z")
Yep. [Doug Ford](http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/toronto2014election/2014/09/12/rob_ford_withdraws_replaced_on_mayor_ballot_by_doug.html) is taking his place. ---
**Author:** ![callander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@callander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callander)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/5 "2014-09-12T17:33:46Z")
oh dear oh dear, now it seems we may have spoken to soon apparently Rob is running for ward 2 and M Ford withdrew to make that possible. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/6 "2014-09-12T17:51:23Z")
This is like the McKenzey brothers show on SCTV. Only instead of being funny it’s sad and pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![callander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@callander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callander)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/7 "2014-09-12T18:06:52Z")
Quicksilver, It is sad and pathetic, however your comment is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/8 "2014-09-12T18:18:05Z")
Rob Ford is the worst thing to happen to Canada in decades. Lucky, lucky, lucky bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/9 "2014-09-12T18:21:42Z")
A sad day for comedians worldwide. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/10 "2014-09-12T18:29:43Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > This is like the McKenzey brothers show on SCTV. > > Only instead of being funny it’s sad and pathetic. > [@callander](#): > > Quicksilver, > > It is sad and pathetic, however your comment is hilarious. Bob and Doug McKenzie Rob and Doug Ford. Yep. Hosers. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/11 "2014-09-12T18:35:09Z")
Jimmy Kimmel is probably quite distraught. I know I am. I need the laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/12 "2014-09-12T19:37:14Z")
He’s not quitting politics. His nephew, Mike Ford, was running in Rob Ford’s old Toronto councillor seat in Etobicoke. Mike has withdrawn from that race, and Rob Ford has filed nomination papers. Since that is his old seat where he is very popular, I assume the thinking is that he’ll get re-elected there, even if he’s not able to campaign much over the next month, and then the Ford Bros. will be back at Toronto City Council, just in different chairs. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/13 "2014-09-12T19:38:50Z")
There is a thread on it in the Elections forum. Here’s the most recent CBC article: [Rob Ford pulls out of mayoral race, Doug Ford steps in Mayor to run as councillor in his old ward, replacing nephew as candidate](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rob-ford-pulls-out-of-mayoral-race-doug-ford-steps-in-1.2764485) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-ford-quits-politics/698308/14 "2014-09-12T20:13:46Z")
Hmm…reminds me of the [Ford family](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ford,_Sr.) of politicians from Memphis. Only with a little more drugs and a little less graft. StG