Just because Rob Ford (allegedly) smoked crack doesn't mean all Canadians smoke crack. Besides, you would think Canada was more of a crystal meth country.
Jon Stewart, on a Canadian roll this week, took a gander up north at Rob Ford's latest scandal.
Stewart ran clips of Toronto's mayor in bumbling situations, such as falling down on the football field and walking into a camera to showcase his odd behavior as if something was wrong. Like being on crack.
Stewart also showed a photo of Ford with his arm around a Neo-Nazi and a clip of Ford using racial slurs against Asians in a City Council meeting before becoming mayor. That could just be Ford being Ford.
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The crack analogy was handled by Senior Canadian Correspondents Samantha Bee and Jason Jones, who are Canadian in real life. In the segment, Jones was buying crack for his family, including his three children. They portrayed smoking crack and giving oral sex for crack as part of the Canadian heritage.
"Why do you think they only sell alcohol in government-run dispensaries. We can't be trusted with anything." said Bee, referring to LCBO and Beer Stores in Ontario.
Stewart was dismayed that Canadians seemed so polite yet under the surface were crack addicts.
When Jones asked Bee if she wanted some crack, she asked "Is Iqaluit the capital of Nunavut?" Stewart and Jones looked dumbfounded. "Yea, it is. Give me the f---ing crack," she replied, confirming that Iqaluit is the capital of Nunavut, Canada's newest territory.
What makes Ford's behavior even more odd is that he is so unlike most Canadians and Torontoians. Most Canadians and Torontoians are open, friendly, and tolerant. Ford is none of those things.
And most Canadians aren't crack addicts, though it was fun imagining that for a few minutes.
