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The Harrowing Present

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How does Ford Nation stack up to other nations—Leafs, Colbert and Bieber?

Leafs Nation
Colbert Nation
Ford Nation
Bieber Nation
Leader
Brian Burke, Leafs general manager Stephen Colbert, TV host Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto Justin Bieber, teen pop star
Enemy
Ottawa Senators, success Rain, bears Dalton McGuinty, pinkos, cyclists, streetcars, gravy, lattes, gravy lattes Esperanza Spalding
Followers
Incalculable, but every game since 2002 has been sold out 1.5 million nightly viewers 379,755 voters 22 million Facebook fans
Defining moment
May 1, 1967 Infamous White House correspondence dinner Election night 2010 The day he got that haircut
Inherent contradiction
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
Respect, playoff spot Embrace from Papa Bear (Bill O’Reilly) Dry, tasteless meat Virginity loss
Fuelled by
Molson Canadian Jesus Christ Rage, respect for taxpayers, unleaded gasoline Hormones
Weapon of choice
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)

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  1. “gravy, lattes, gravy lattes” Ha!

    March 15, 2011 at 12:49 pm | by Jessica
  2. 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.

    March 16, 2011 at 10:06 am | by Paul

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