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George Skinner's avatar

I think the casino metaphor is a bit off. In most games in a casino, gamblers may have a winning streak but the house always wins in the end. Politics is more like playing a game of Bridge (or maybe Go Fish depending on the polity we're considering.) A player's luck can make a big difference in whether they win or lose, but it also depends on how the other players play the game. If the other players aren't skilled or make mistakes, you can continue to win the game so long as your relative skill is better. Ford may not be a great player, but it seems like the opposition parties have an even more thumbless grasp of the game.

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dan mcco's avatar

You say a "Liberal government that had been in power for 15 years and reached historic levels of unpopularity" but neglect to say the reasons for that wer the corruptness and scandals of the Liberals. It brought down the Liberals in Ontario, Chretien and will probably do the same with Ford as it should have already done with the Trudeau Liberals.

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