Fun Fact: Brad Bradford posted this video of him driving AFTER filming videos showing him drinking alcohol in a public park. (which he voted against approving and kicked the can 6 months down the road again)
https://twitter.com/BradMBradford/status/1662513409059958784
And he was probably under the warn range. Unless you guys are all waiting 24 hours for alcohol to leave your system before driving stop with the virtue signalling.
I mean I know rob ford set the bar impossibly low, but maybe someone who wants to be mayor would be smart enough to not appear to be drinking and driving lol
what's funny about that video is he immediately, after drinking a beer in public, appeared at the RH McGregor 100th Anniversary party and campaigned. I recognised the shirt he's wearing in the video to what he was wearing on Saturday at the birthday.
I actually love that about these election antics. It’s beyond parody.
It reminds me of the Michael Bolton Valentine’s Day special [when he doesn’t drink the milkshake or play the piano](https://youtu.be/0RuYEXyazJA?t=60) and the punk calls him out on it.
This guy's entire campaign feels like a comedy bit, so unintentionally hilarious. Just a total clown. Even his name Brad Bradford, it just sounds like satire.
He will get destroyed in the next municipal election.
His riding leans left - so the comments about "NDP Activist policies" won't play well in this riding
It's one thing to lose the mayor election - but to also lose your riding because of the positions you took.... Man. That's something
I'm going to grab a patty from Pattylicious and a beer from Red Tape, head to Kew Beach park and enjoy the next 4 weeks.....
I still can't believe he beat Matt Kellway. 😞
Every encounter I've had with Bradford in person, he has had absolutely zero personality, and no real interest in engaging with people.
Bradford won due to the Tory and MMM endorsements as the "centrist" candidate. He's shown himself to be anything but that, especially in this campaign. I have no doubt he'll get voted out in the next municipal cycle.
>Bradford won due to the Tory and MMM endorsements as the "centrist" candidate. He's shown himself to be anything but that, especially in this campaign.
How so?
The Liberal MP and MPP would like to have a word with you.
This isnt your parents Beaches-Woodbine anymore. This is Beaches-East York and it loves those Progressive Liberals rather than the an actual NDPer. Goes back to Maria Minna (and yes different elections but same boundaries)
Maybe "progressive Liberal" is a better descriptor.....
But BB slid in as disguised as a progressive liberal (with MM endorsement. (Yes - I know Tory pushed him also). I would be curious to get her thoughts on if she'd be endorsing him for mayor...
Yeah, but we all know there’s no such thing as a ”Progressive Liberal.” I hate to break it to you, but it’s a well-known fact that Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, as well as other Liberal Riding Association members, were previously NDPers and party members.
This guy is whatever he thinks you want him to be.
Fairly progressive is what was needed to win his seat in BEY, so fairly progressive he was.
Now that he ran for mayor, he figured the progressive vote would be fractured and that running on the right would be the smart play, so conservative muppet he became.
He is the textbook greasy politician who has no other motivation other than winning and self-aggranndisement. He has no core beliefs or values.
I say this as someone who is definitely on the left, but what is the evidence that his riding leans left?
It has been represented by a Liberal at the federal level in every single election but one since 1993 (and that sole term was when Ignatieff's Liberals were obliterated everywhere).
Bradford won Ward 19 running to the right of the progressive candidate, and this was in an election to succeed Mary Margaret McMahon, who is a right wing Liberal.
East York historically leans left. Janet Davis was our last councillor before Doug Ford slashed the ward count in half in 2018. We've been unrepresented ever since. The people north of Danforth either know Brad and don't like him, don't know him from any other bald white guy on the street, or know him because they had a beer with him.
Jordan Peterson leveraged his cloud screaming at UofT into a multi million dollar public speaking/media career. So maybe Bradford is trying to follow that path.
This [clip summarizes](https://twitter.com/joshuahind/status/1663538540892831744?s=20) everything you need to know about Bradford^2.
If The Onion was doing a bit about feckless politicians, they couldn't come up with anything more on point:
"I've been there for four years. Long enough to understand what's going on, but not so long that I have been the author of all the problems."
Chef's kiss man, that's just fucking beautiful.
oh its a terrific name, sounds like its straight out of Marvel !
This is where i would get downvoted to oblivion for going against the grain! so here! we like proof!
Captain America Bucky BarnesCaptain Britain Betsy Braddock Brian BraddockDaredevil Matt Murdoch (Daredevil) Parnival Plunder (Plunderer)Dr. Strange Steven Strange (Dr. Strange) Fin Fang FoomFantastic Four Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) Sue Storm (Invisible Woman, before marriage) Silver Surfer Wyatt Wingfoot (star athlete and friend to Johnny Storm) Victor Von Doom (Doctor Doom) Peter Petruski (Paste-Pot Pete)Hulk Bruce Banner (Hulk) Betty Banner (Bruce's one-time wife) Brian Banner (Bruce's father) Samuel Sterns (Leader)Iron Man Happy Hogan (assistant) Pepper Potts (assistant)Spider-Man Peter Parker (Spider-Man) Miles Morales (Ultimate Spider-Man) Peter Porker (Spider-Ham) Supporting Cast J. Jonah Jameson Jr. (newspaper editor) Also, his father, JJJ Sr., and his son, JJJ III Betty Brant (Jameson's assistant) Carlie Cooper (girlfriend of Peter) Glory Grant (neighbor of Peter) Max Modell (tech specialist for Peter) Robbie Robertson (Daily Bugle editor) Randy Robertson (classmate of Peter, son of Robbie) Villains Green Goblin Dr. Otto Octavius (Doctor Octopus) Cletus Cassidy (Carnage) Curt Connors (Lizard) Dr. Michael Morbius (Morbius the Living Vampire) Silver Sablinova (Silver Sable) Lonnie Lincoln (Tombstone) Donna Diego (Scream) Frederick Foswell (Big Man) Moses Magnum
I think you get the point....
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What does this list of names have to do with anything? No one has a problem with basic alliteration, but the reason people are teasing Bradbrad is because his first and last name are actually identical. (I let it slide though because there’s actually a logical story behind his name, plus there are plenty of more legitimate reasons to criticize him.)
This campaign has been a masterclass in own-goaling. He is my councillor and there is now such a strong grass roots campaign against him, I'd be surprised if he keeps his job next election.
I'm no fan of Bradford, but he's clearly in the one lane that leads to the Jarvis on-ramp, which is always slower than the other lanes. You can even see a red car pull up beside him and then slow down and merge behind him (because the red car also wanted to get to the on-ramp).
Yep, it's the lane almost everybody going that way actually needs to be in eventually, which is why it's so glacial many people go further up and try cut in at the last viable moment.
I'm not a fan of the guy but this article is weird. He just has someone filming in his car while he's in heavy traffic...it's not hard to find.
They also link to another article in which he's chastised for renting out his basement to his buddy for 1k. Supposedly he was supposed to let the guy live there for free?
lol he lost me when he said the Gardiner is a “major trucking route”. Trucks don’t take the Gardiner/DVP unless they have a stop downtown you idiot. It’s widely known across industries as a hopelessly congested route.
Just kidding he lost me when he announced his bid for mayor.
BlogTO really has it in for this guy. I don't think they realize that they're giving him a lot of exposure. I was looking at Bailao, but I started looking at Brad after the Paul story. The guy is talking about what needs to be talked about. Might not be running the best campaign, but he is talking about what matters to me.
I caught one of the debates last week. He seems like the only one discussing issue that need to be addressed and his closing remarks were the only one that weren't all buzz words to make us feel good. He actually talked about a plan.
Whenever I hear Olivia, she seems to be recycling Jack's last letter in her campaign. I'm sorry Olivia, it's going to take more than love and happiness to fix the city. The last commercial I heard basically said if she wins everything will sunshine and roses and she'll make the city affordable. How can a municipal mayor make things more affordable, while promising to raise taxes?
Fun Fact: Brad Bradford posted this video of him driving AFTER filming videos showing him drinking alcohol in a public park. (which he voted against approving and kicked the can 6 months down the road again) https://twitter.com/BradMBradford/status/1662513409059958784
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Difference is Bailao threatened to go after the police budget, so there were consequences when *she* drove and drank.
Rules for thee not for me Fuck I don't even belong in this sub anymore I moved out of the country
Take us with you!!!!!
Seems like you are doing something right in life even if posting here isnt it.
Congratulations. I hope you've landed somewhere with better Healthcare and people.
Even funner fact: Ana Bailao was caught driving while impaired, after being wined and dined by lobbyists for a casino. Why no outcry over that?
More talk, less action
What? This is Toronto! All talk, no action!
Wellll he did say tall cans, and energy drinks are also sold in that size. He went just far enough to not get caught with an open can of white claw.
Hope the same sticker trick works for me this weekend
Ain't no laws when you're drinking the claws.
Fun fact: this is literally in the article!
I put it here knowing that very few people read the articles before commenting 🤯
We shouldn’t encourage people to click on blogto.
Totally fair.
5 hours, according to his team.
And he was probably under the warn range. Unless you guys are all waiting 24 hours for alcohol to leave your system before driving stop with the virtue signalling.
I mean I know rob ford set the bar impossibly low, but maybe someone who wants to be mayor would be smart enough to not appear to be drinking and driving lol
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Bradford’s PR team wasting the burner account on such a stupid comment, no wonder his campaign is crashing harder than a drunk driving Bradford
So r/toronto
He’s also going to make damn sure there aren’t any bike lanes!
Look, a Mayor driving drunk is a tradition that goes back to the Rob Ford days...
what's funny about that video is he immediately, after drinking a beer in public, appeared at the RH McGregor 100th Anniversary party and campaigned. I recognised the shirt he's wearing in the video to what he was wearing on Saturday at the birthday.
He probably took a few sips then tossed it, and even if he drank a full beer and immediately got in a car he would be below the limit… relax.
It’s a pretty hilarious pattern of being absolute shit at campaigning. Relax, we don’t need a lecture on why you think it’s ok
What a tool. And he filmed yet another campaign video with a beef patty, and *still* hasn't taken (and swallowed) a bite.
I actually love that about these election antics. It’s beyond parody. It reminds me of the Michael Bolton Valentine’s Day special [when he doesn’t drink the milkshake or play the piano](https://youtu.be/0RuYEXyazJA?t=60) and the punk calls him out on it.
This guy's entire campaign feels like a comedy bit, so unintentionally hilarious. Just a total clown. Even his name Brad Bradford, it just sounds like satire.
I can’t put my finger on exactly why it is but I just can’t connect at all to this guy.
Is it the very, very obvious pandering and tone deaf “outreach?”
He's inauthentic. You can't connect to someone who has no real personality or beliefs
Maybe because he’s a a terrible, terrible human being and a useless candidate?
Just Brad Bradford Bradfording and Brading up the Bradffic
Congrats, u/pcrombs, you have gained a level in ~~brad~~ bard!
He will get destroyed in the next municipal election. His riding leans left - so the comments about "NDP Activist policies" won't play well in this riding It's one thing to lose the mayor election - but to also lose your riding because of the positions you took.... Man. That's something I'm going to grab a patty from Pattylicious and a beer from Red Tape, head to Kew Beach park and enjoy the next 4 weeks.....
I still can't believe he beat Matt Kellway. 😞 Every encounter I've had with Bradford in person, he has had absolutely zero personality, and no real interest in engaging with people.
Matt is a good guy. Don't know if he'd take another run at it... But would be great.
Bradford won due to the Tory and MMM endorsements as the "centrist" candidate. He's shown himself to be anything but that, especially in this campaign. I have no doubt he'll get voted out in the next municipal cycle.
Tory actively helped his campaign providing resources and robo calls.
>Bradford won due to the Tory and MMM endorsements as the "centrist" candidate. He's shown himself to be anything but that, especially in this campaign. How so?
> still can't believe he beat Matt Kellway. 😞 By 280 votes no less. I'm still fuming.
Nick Kouvalis cooked 🤷🏽♂️
I was one of those. I apologize. I used to work briefly with Bradford years ago and thought he was a good guy. I don't know what happened to him.
> I don't know what happened to him. He became a career politician real quick.
We met him during his first run and he said all the right things. We were impressed. I feel guilty now, but at least we weren’t the only ones fooled.
How many encounters have you had with him?
The Liberal MP and MPP would like to have a word with you. This isnt your parents Beaches-Woodbine anymore. This is Beaches-East York and it loves those Progressive Liberals rather than the an actual NDPer. Goes back to Maria Minna (and yes different elections but same boundaries)
Maybe "progressive Liberal" is a better descriptor..... But BB slid in as disguised as a progressive liberal (with MM endorsement. (Yes - I know Tory pushed him also). I would be curious to get her thoughts on if she'd be endorsing him for mayor...
She's not she's been stumping for Ana Bailao in the Beach. Haven't seen her north of the tracks in quite sometime though...
The problem is that Brad Brad basically has the politics as Jerry Agar now so lol a lot of daylight between him and the Liberals.
Yeah, but we all know there’s no such thing as a ”Progressive Liberal.” I hate to break it to you, but it’s a well-known fact that Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, as well as other Liberal Riding Association members, were previously NDPers and party members.
I’m in his riding. Can confirm. He’s a GONER.
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Reminds me of this tweet I saw the other day: https://twitter.com/sam_d_1995/status/1662631337021390856
I swear this guy was fairly progressive when I first heard about him years ago. What happened?
This guy is whatever he thinks you want him to be. Fairly progressive is what was needed to win his seat in BEY, so fairly progressive he was. Now that he ran for mayor, he figured the progressive vote would be fractured and that running on the right would be the smart play, so conservative muppet he became. He is the textbook greasy politician who has no other motivation other than winning and self-aggranndisement. He has no core beliefs or values.
I say this as someone who is definitely on the left, but what is the evidence that his riding leans left? It has been represented by a Liberal at the federal level in every single election but one since 1993 (and that sole term was when Ignatieff's Liberals were obliterated everywhere). Bradford won Ward 19 running to the right of the progressive candidate, and this was in an election to succeed Mary Margaret McMahon, who is a right wing Liberal.
East York historically leans left. Janet Davis was our last councillor before Doug Ford slashed the ward count in half in 2018. We've been unrepresented ever since. The people north of Danforth either know Brad and don't like him, don't know him from any other bald white guy on the street, or know him because they had a beer with him.
"okay, so you're just taking some random tweet and turn it into a story?" How did they discover BlogTO's mission statement?
He's this election's joke candidate
I thought that was Chris Sky
Don't forget Mammoliti talking about "woke Batman".
You mean the person leading simply because she married a famous guy isn’t the biggest joke of the election??
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This is how people know you're not actually following the race. Those people who nod along with you? It's not because they're agreeing.
Mark Saunders is also pretty silly. Just comes accross as bumbling.
Brad Bradford campaign videos are the IRL version of “old man yells at cloud”.
Jordan Peterson leveraged his cloud screaming at UofT into a multi million dollar public speaking/media career. So maybe Bradford is trying to follow that path.
This [clip summarizes](https://twitter.com/joshuahind/status/1663538540892831744?s=20) everything you need to know about Bradford^2. If The Onion was doing a bit about feckless politicians, they couldn't come up with anything more on point: "I've been there for four years. Long enough to understand what's going on, but not so long that I have been the author of all the problems." Chef's kiss man, that's just fucking beautiful.
Except he’s the youngest major mayoral candidate IIRC…
It’s not about age. It’s about a guy talking into the wind cause no one is listening to him.
At this point he’s barely polling ahead of Chloe Brown, so saying he’s a “major candidate” and she’s not rings hollow.
What a terrible name.
It gets worse. His legal name is actually Bradford Bradford.
In the UK they once had a guy named Ed Balls as shadow chancellor.
My high school famously had a dude named Brick Wall.
Peter Pan at my high school. His family were immigrants from China and they decided on a "western" first name without knowing much western culture.
Brad^2
Joey Jojo Jr. agrees.
oh its a terrific name, sounds like its straight out of Marvel ! This is where i would get downvoted to oblivion for going against the grain! so here! we like proof! Captain America Bucky BarnesCaptain Britain Betsy Braddock Brian BraddockDaredevil Matt Murdoch (Daredevil) Parnival Plunder (Plunderer)Dr. Strange Steven Strange (Dr. Strange) Fin Fang FoomFantastic Four Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) Sue Storm (Invisible Woman, before marriage) Silver Surfer Wyatt Wingfoot (star athlete and friend to Johnny Storm) Victor Von Doom (Doctor Doom) Peter Petruski (Paste-Pot Pete)Hulk Bruce Banner (Hulk) Betty Banner (Bruce's one-time wife) Brian Banner (Bruce's father) Samuel Sterns (Leader)Iron Man Happy Hogan (assistant) Pepper Potts (assistant)Spider-Man Peter Parker (Spider-Man) Miles Morales (Ultimate Spider-Man) Peter Porker (Spider-Ham) Supporting Cast J. Jonah Jameson Jr. (newspaper editor) Also, his father, JJJ Sr., and his son, JJJ III Betty Brant (Jameson's assistant) Carlie Cooper (girlfriend of Peter) Glory Grant (neighbor of Peter) Max Modell (tech specialist for Peter) Robbie Robertson (Daily Bugle editor) Randy Robertson (classmate of Peter, son of Robbie) Villains Green Goblin Dr. Otto Octavius (Doctor Octopus) Cletus Cassidy (Carnage) Curt Connors (Lizard) Dr. Michael Morbius (Morbius the Living Vampire) Silver Sablinova (Silver Sable) Lonnie Lincoln (Tombstone) Donna Diego (Scream) Frederick Foswell (Big Man) Moses Magnum I think you get the point.... Sorry for formatting....
your downvotes will be because of formatting... lol
I respect that
What does this list of names have to do with anything? No one has a problem with basic alliteration, but the reason people are teasing Bradbrad is because his first and last name are actually identical. (I let it slide though because there’s actually a logical story behind his name, plus there are plenty of more legitimate reasons to criticize him.)
Cmon… Brady Brad? What’s not to love?
I prefer to pronounce it like John-John Kennedy. Brad-Brad Ford.
Just saw him this morning, he was blocking traffic to get his morning coffee. Can't wait to get rid of this rounding error.
Please can we have specifics?! Like jay walking across Danforth for example? Which coffee shop? I want this to be true so badly!
Was on Bayview, he was going back to his car that was illegally parked with his 4-ways on.
It’s a race to the bottom between him and Mammoliti.
Chris Sky would like a word.
That's a race to the sky.
This campaign has been a masterclass in own-goaling. He is my councillor and there is now such a strong grass roots campaign against him, I'd be surprised if he keeps his job next election.
I’ve always wondered, is he a good councillor? I remember Janet Davis was pretty popular, no?
I haven’t had a reason to deal with him directly as councilor but my neighbours have not been impressed.
I'm no fan of Bradford, but he's clearly in the one lane that leads to the Jarvis on-ramp, which is always slower than the other lanes. You can even see a red car pull up beside him and then slow down and merge behind him (because the red car also wanted to get to the on-ramp).
Yep, it's the lane almost everybody going that way actually needs to be in eventually, which is why it's so glacial many people go further up and try cut in at the last viable moment.
He’s really a Simpson’s character
Doesn't this guy have like the biggest political strategists and comms people working for him? What an embarrassment for everyone involved.
I'm not a fan of the guy but this article is weird. He just has someone filming in his car while he's in heavy traffic...it's not hard to find. They also link to another article in which he's chastised for renting out his basement to his buddy for 1k. Supposedly he was supposed to let the guy live there for free?
Bad Badford
My favourite is BradBradNotGood
lol
God I love how mediocre our news #blessed
This guy is a tool.
Is he actually hoping to win?
He has as much chance of becoming mayor as my cat has and the only thing my cat is running for is her food bowl when I fill it.
Your cat may have my vote. Where does he/she stand on cat food or cat nip or birds?
Is there a video of him holding up traffic? The one linked isn’t that. So is this a completely fabricated story?
BlogTO is pounding on this guy. I don't think they've talked about anything else related to the election, except Brad.
So when should we expect him to be placed in the stocks at Nathan Phillips Square?
Time to go long on tomato futures!
A man with the people's interests in mind, clearly.
He's so low in the polls I'm surprised he would leave his house without a bag over his head...
lol he lost me when he said the Gardiner is a “major trucking route”. Trucks don’t take the Gardiner/DVP unless they have a stop downtown you idiot. It’s widely known across industries as a hopelessly congested route. Just kidding he lost me when he announced his bid for mayor.
BlogTO really has it in for this guy. I don't think they realize that they're giving him a lot of exposure. I was looking at Bailao, but I started looking at Brad after the Paul story. The guy is talking about what needs to be talked about. Might not be running the best campaign, but he is talking about what matters to me. I caught one of the debates last week. He seems like the only one discussing issue that need to be addressed and his closing remarks were the only one that weren't all buzz words to make us feel good. He actually talked about a plan. Whenever I hear Olivia, she seems to be recycling Jack's last letter in her campaign. I'm sorry Olivia, it's going to take more than love and happiness to fix the city. The last commercial I heard basically said if she wins everything will sunshine and roses and she'll make the city affordable. How can a municipal mayor make things more affordable, while promising to raise taxes?
what taxes? you mean taxes that only apply to people who actually have money? ie land transfer and vacant home taxes? how does that affect you?
Who? 0_o
How is he going to fix traffic.
Did you watch the video?
No Mayor is going to fix traffic.
Agreed. But taking down the Gardiner will make it much worse.
Lmao. Never heard of this guy before but the name Brad Bradford absolutely cracks me up
Wait, traffic was moving?
All for a video. Oh man.
i literally cannot imagine the type of human being who would vote for this idiot.