the nice list going forward? find help for himself. i like the way you re reaching for the silver lining but mayor mccrack is still mayor mccrack. he ll probably have to stop being mayor but dealing with the crack problem is more important than his political pedigree. a little egg nog for you. watch the calories. chris doesn t believe it. christmas is about calories. google it. i think that s what it says. coming up on new day, christmas means tree, gift, big meal, in this country, but not so in some other places around the world. there are different holiday traditions. from overseas, we ll see you what there is on christmas, coming up. this is the sound of christmas. the young people s chorus of new york city is here under the direction of francisco nunez. take a listen. how lovely are your branches
like him get elected in a place like this? well, in the late 90s, the bursting metropolis observed the blue collar suburbs into city elections. after a decade as a blue run, rob ford would show the bicycle-loving, free-spending liberals a thing or two. but while he stayed on message, it was a messy campaign. our candidate, candidate ford at the time had been caught on tape having a conversation with a drug addict where he was prepared to go by drugs. reporter: even she was stunned when after every scandal, the polls went up. people were tired of a tax and spend mayor, they wanted him in. he is the guy you want to have a beer with? or a few. reporter: and while mayor mccrack turned city hall into a global punch line, just imagine
prepared to go buy oxycontin. reporter: even she was stunned when after every gaffe and scandal, his poll numbers went up. people in the city were tired of a tax and spend liberal mayor. the suburbs wanted in and that is rob ford. he is the guy you want to have a beer with? or a few. reporter: and while mayor mccrack turned city hall into a global punch line, just imagine what it is like to be rob ford s runner up. that was at the highest moment of the tea party. reporter: his name was george smitherman, and in 2010, he was known as the openly gay premier, who presided over the botched roll out of e health, a plan to modernize the health care system. yeah, they even used one of the same contractors, cgi that brought us healthcare.gov. the right wing will probably tell you there is a conspiracy and a billion dollars went missing. none of that is true. reporter: now, here is the ironic part, when smitherman admitted to a drug addiction to
mayor. the suburbs wanted in and that is rob ford. he is the guy you want to have a beer with? or a few. reporter: and while mayor mccrack turned city hall into a global punch line, just imagine what it is like to be rob ford s runner up. that was at the highest moment of the tea party. reporter: his name was george smitherman, and in 2010, he was known as the openly gay premier, who presided over the botched roll out of e health, a plan to modernize the health care system. yeah, they even used one of the same contractors, cgi that brought us healthcare.gov. the right wing will probably tell you there is a conspiracy and a billion dollars went missing. none of that is true. reporter: now, here is the ironic part, when smitherman admitted to a drug addiction to party drugs, his supporters pounced. they stood in line and asked me personal questions. reporter: but some of the