How does Ford Nation stack up to other nations—Leafs, Colbert and Bieber?
How does Ford Nation stack up to other nations—Leafs, Colbert and Bieber?
By Toronto Life |
By Toronto Life |
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Leafs Nation
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Colbert Nation
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Ford Nation
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Bieber Nation
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Leader
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Brian Burke, Leafs general manager |
Stephen Colbert, TV host |
Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto |
Justin Bieber, teen pop star |
Enemy
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Ottawa Senators, success |
Rain, bears |
Dalton McGuinty, pinkos, cyclists, streetcars, gravy, lattes, gravy lattes |
Esperanza Spalding |
Followers
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Incalculable, but every game since 2002 has been sold out |
1.5 million nightly viewers |
379,755 voters |
22 million Facebook fans |
Defining moment
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May 1, 1967 |
Infamous White House correspondence dinner |
Election night 2010 |
The day he got that haircut |
Inherent contradiction
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Middling performance, astronomical sales figures |
Shares audience with Jon Stewart |
“Toronto has a spending problem, not a revenue problem,” but asks province for $150 million |
The most desired boy in America can’t show PDA |
Desperate for
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Respect, playoff spot |
Embrace from Papa Bear (Bill O’Reilly) |
Dry, tasteless meat |
Virginity loss |
Fuelled by
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Molson Canadian |
Jesus Christ |
Rage, respect for taxpayers, unleaded gasoline |
Hormones |
Weapon of choice
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Blind faith, waffles |
Truthiness |
Electoral threats |
Hair toss |
(Images: Waffle leaf, Danielle Scott; gas pump, Valerie Everett; O’Reilly, WACP; Gomez, Loren Javier; Stewart, cliff1066; hair, DonkeyHotey; Spalding, Andrea Mancini; pinko button, Spacing; bear, aoife; Bieber, sheilapic76; Ford, Shaun Merritt; Colbert, U.S. Army; Burke, Tsar Kasim)
“gravy, lattes, gravy lattes” Ha!
Not sure I get the humor here. I think the term “Ford Nation” is blown out of proportion here. I’m thinking that he used the term once and the media has latched on to this term.
It’s getting a bit overused at this point.
I certainly hope more articles focus on the issues instead of making fun of the mayor. You are stooping pretty low to get at him. It’s a pretty sad state of affairs for Torontolife.