The politician's guide to idiocy

Gay Perry: Look up idiot in the dictionary. You know what you'll find?
Harry Lockhart: A picture of me?
Gay Perry: No! The definition of idiot. Which you fucking are!

Quote from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), courtesy of IMDb

Toronto lawyer Stephen Ledrew, who served as president of the federal Liberal Party of Canada from 1998 to 2003, was the last high-profile candidate to announce his decision to run for mayor. Ledrew is an idiot.

No, seriously.

Not only does the man owe Revenue Canada $364,140 in unpaid taxes, he’s actually proud of it. You see, Mr Ledrew, fine upstanding citizen that he is, says that he needed to put his children through private school rather than pay his taxes. In his own words, as quoted in the Toronto Star: “I owe taxes. The taxpayer can wait. My children can not. I was proud of my choices, my priorities. I'd do it again. Any father knows his children are the most important thing." (emphasis mine)

As John Barber in the Globe and Mail put it: “Has any would-be politician ever said anything stupider than that?” Public schools close because of lack of funding, a lack caused in part by twits like LeDrew, who don’t pay taxes and don’t care about the public system because their darling little angels attend exclusive private schools. Not only is he an unrepentant criminal, he’s publicly indicated his recidivistic intent – and now the man has the gall to run for public office?

*head explodes*

Like I said, LeDrew is an idiot. Don’t encourage him. On November 13^th, don’t vote LeDrew.