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

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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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