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)
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)){kind=link}
“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.