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I’ve long suspected this to be true, but now it has been confirmed: Stephen…

by Scott Feschuk on Thursday, February 4, 2010 6:23pm - 39 Comments

I’ve long suspected this to be true, but now it has been confirmed: Stephen Harper is less popular than an onion ring.

Although, to be fair, the Prime Minister has not had time to unleash his negative advertising campaign:

[Sinister music. Deep voice. Grainy footage of a deep fryer.]

Onion rings.

They’re round.

Know what else was round?

Hitler’s head.

The Facebook Onion Ring: Exactly like Hitler.

http://intensedebate.com/people/psiclone psiclone

http://www.facebook.com/VoteForRod?ref=mf

whereisian

Was that started by Stephen Taylor? He's involved less than an hour after the group's inception.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Nich Nich

It's odd how Conservatives copy everything Liberals do (but in this instance they didn't denounce it and promise to do better themselves first).

Canadian politics as Simpson's characters could be hard to cast…

http://intensedebate.com/people/sourstud sourstud

Actually the Libs stole the idea also. The original group was "can this onion ring get more fans than Justin Beiber"… some "clever" Liberal just stole the idea.

How odd that Liberals steal everything from everybody.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Nich Nich

Stealing is the nature of politics, after all.

Lord Kitchener's Own

A week later, and the anti-Ignatieff group is on a tear now! The inanimate carbon rod is only a little more than 25,000 fans behind Ignatieff.

The onion ring meanwhile has passed the Prime Minister in popularity by over 130,000 fans.

http://intensedebate.com/people/CTM Claudia Lemire

Good one, it is actually funnier than SH…

http://intensedebate.com/people/sourstud sourstud

Actually the lame attempt was the Harper group. The idea was stolen from the group "Can this onion ring get more fans than Justin Beiber"…. typical Liberals, ripping off someone else's idea and giving no credit.

Lord Kitchener's Own

Trust me, "Can X get more fans than Y" is a meme MUCH older than that Bieber group. Your comment feels to me somewhat like accusing Milton of "stealing" the idea of writing poems from Shakespeare, while ignoring Homer. (like how I just connected Homer, Milton and Shakespeare to onion rings and Justin Bieber? Sweet.)

http://intensedebate.com/people/CTM Claudia Lemire

Lol…
http://intensedebate.com/people/LynnTO LynnTO

I find onion rings more savory than sweet.

TedTylerEzro

I like Onions rings more than Stephen Harper. Onion rings are delicious!

http://intensedebate.com/people/M_A_N M_A_N

Onion Rings: Why not take five, place them on a table, and arrange them in a series with three on top and two on the bottom. Wow, they kinda look li…….*Ooof!*

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Anon

You know what else is round? Harper's head. Ergo…

Bonus fun:

Fill in the blanks: H_ _ _er.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Admiral_Ackbar Admiral_Ackbar

DON'T EAT THE ONION RING.

IT'S A TRAP!

http://intensedebate.com/people/DerekPearce DerekPearce

Synchronicity, weird. For no particular reason I was thinking about Admiral Ackbar and "It's a trap!" as I was loading the dishwasher earlier!

http://intensedebate.com/people/e_ron e_ron

This only works if the Onion Rings have demonic red sheep eyes….
http://intensedebate.com/people/janicemaerose janicemaerose

Onion ring crumbs are way better than Conservative Crumbs.
tobyornottoby

Steven Harper's trans fatty arguments are weighing me down.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Stewart_Smith Stewart_Smith

Onion rings… not a vegetable!
http://intensedebate.com/people/Stewart_Smith Stewart_Smith

Onion rings… just passin through! (you)
Lord Kitchener's Own

I'm impressed Iggy's doing as well as he is vs. the inanimate carbon rod.

That thing was on the cover of Time for saving the space shuttle for Pete's sake!!!

In Rod we trust.
BrainDrainXP

You know, I used to like Maclean's before it tried to compete with other forums, such as Sooeys and Franksters…..
http://intensedebate.com/people/Tceh Tceh

Meanwhile over on the sad little Conservative counter-onion ring site things are not going as well…

http://www.facebook.com/VoteForRod?
http://intensedebate.com/people/Tceh Tceh

Meanwhile over on the sad little Conservative counter-onion ring site things are not going as well…

http://www.facebook.com/VoteForRod?

Lord Kitchener's Own

Give the Rod some credit. The Rod is doing WAY better relative to the onion ring then, say, the pro-prorogation group did versus the anti-prorogation group! The Rod's only behind 45 to 1, with the prorogation groups it was more like 200 to 1.

Toporious Tony

"The Facebook Onion Ring: Exactly like Hitler."

That would be funny if it were conservatives who made fake racism claims and absurd Godwinous claims, but it's inevitably Liberals and NDPers, so it fails. Remember Joe Volpe's claims about Conservatives being KKK members? Remember Elinor Caplan's claims of the same thing? Remember Hedy Fry's claims that crosses were being burned as we speak in Prince George?

See the pattern here? All Liberals. We conservatives don't do the Godwin thing. Therefore, fail.
Michele227

The Onion rings true. Harper speaks false.
Michele227

The Onion ring needs to be fried. Harper needs to be fired.
Michele227

The Onion has many layers. Harper only has a sweater vest.
Michele227

Onion Ring: "Would you like some fries with that?"
Harper: "Would you like some lies with that?"
Michele227

Onion rings are greasy. But Harper is slimy.
Michele227

The onion ring wanted to batter up but Harper took his ball and went home.
Michele227

Onion Ring to rule them all.
Michele227

Those are some examples of the great onion one-liners on the group's wall. It's fun political satire, great comic relief in the midst of the ProroGate scandal, and a really good way of reaching out to younger votes.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Can-this-Onion-Ring…