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"You can cover politics a long time and never encounter somebody who is so genuinely so unsmooth, so guileless," said Ed Keenan, a city hall reporter and author of 'Some Great Idea: Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto.'
"I think that part of why he got put into power is because that to a certain degree, [he] appealed to a lot of people. That guilelessness, that lack of polish. There's an appearance of authenticity there. It's not just an appearance that is the authentic Rob Ford."
Ford's foibles have been a fodder for political cartoonists and political satirists. He's been parodied cheap hotels in madrid in online music videos, on stage in 'It's a Wonderful Toronto: cheap hotels in madrid The Rob Ford Holiday Spectacular!' and perhaps, most memorably, he was a target of Mary Walsh's Princess Warrior persona on the CBC program 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes'.
Nevertheless, according to veteran campaign organizer John Laschinger it is unclear whether the negative public attention will do Ford any harm when he faces Toronto voters during the next municipal election in October 2014.
"They say, 'You know what, he's a real guy, just like me. You know he's a real guy, he's sincere, he's trying. He's trying to do his best. He's not the smartest guy in the world but he cares, you know, and he's cut some gravy.' So I mean, I never underestimate a conservative populist to get elected."