http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...05/rob-ford-vs-marion-barry-who-said-it-best/
In fact, we couldn’t help but find parallels in some of Barry and Ford’s most memorable soundbites. Here’s a side-by-side comparison.
On the incriminating evidence:
Barry: “B**** set me up.”
Ford: “Number one, there is no video, so that’s all I can say. You can’t comment on something that doesn’t exist.”
The reassurance:
Barry: “Now, tomorrow, I can’t promise you. I can’t promise myself. It’s one day at a time.”
Ford: “I can assure people, hopefully it doesn’t happen again.”
On extenuating circumstances:
Barry: “I’m a night owl.”
Ford: “Um, probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago.”
On trifling amounts of intoxicants:
Barry: “Possession? With what, intent to use? That, little, that little bit, that, that little speck?
Ford: “Did I have a couple beers? Absolutely I had a couple beers.”
Blaming the media:
Barry: “The (Washington) Post has decided my time’s up, that’s all.”
Ford: Toronto Star reporters are “pathological liars.”