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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford: 4 reasons the drama keeps getting stranger

Why does Rob Ford continue to grab headlines, now delivering shock and awe not only to Torontonians and Canadians, but to bemused observers around the world?

4. He keeps saying truly amazing things.

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford attends a council meeting as councillors look to pass motions to limit his powers in Toronto on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013.

Since news emerged in May of a video allegedly showing Ford smoking crack cocaine, the Toronto mayor has given the Canadian public a steady stream of cringe-inducing remarks, the most recent of which was a comment made to hordes of TV cameras and reporters about .

Even before becoming mayor, Ford鈥檚 comments on , , and , among other things, had attracted criticism and notoriety. A 2006 against a couple while attending a Maple Leafs hockey game (and lying about it, even though he had given his business card to the couple) hasn鈥檛 helped his case.

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