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American Politicians Are Using Rob Ford in Campaign Videos
It was only a matter of time, really.

In an effort to brand himself as a man who is “not a politician,” Republican congressional candidate George Demos derisively placed Rob Ford’s face alongside Barack Obama’s in a campaign ad released yesterday.

Too bad no one informed him that Rob ran on the same campaign theme. And too bad Ford is enough of an international cultural and political touchstone that even his fellow conservatives are using him as a punching bag.

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Jordan Sowunmi is a writer and editor at the Toronto Standard. He is on Twitter: @jordanisjoso

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