One of the good things about blogs, is that you don’t always have to be serious and can descend into what I like to call “Jane Taber journalism” every now and then when the mood strikes. Today is one of those days.
I’m sure a lot of you are already aware of the growing popularity of everyone’s favourite stalking aid, facebook. A growing trend seems to be for politicians (or, more appropriately, 16 year old interns pretending to be their bosses) creating profiles on facebook. Because of this, people can become “friends” with the politicians, send them notes, etc.
So, purely because I’m bored, I was curious to see which politicians have the most friends. Given that Stephen Harper and Stephane Dion both strike me as the anti-social type, it must be a surprise to both of them to see just how popular they really are:
Stephen Harper: 511 friends
Stephane Dion: 1086 friends
So, while he may not be polling as well, when it comes to virtual friends who have never met him, Stephane is way more popular than Steve. Ohh…and least surprising of all:
Jack Layton: 8 friends
Geez Jack – I know getting results for people takes a lot of time, but save a bit for your friends too.
Other notables:
Kevin Taft: 170 friends
Ed Stelmach: No profiles, but 29 people in the “Ed Stelmach fan club”
Michael Ignatieff: 1583 friends (obviously not enough of them were delegates)
Peter MacKay: No profile, but 7 members in the Peter MacKay fan club.
Dalton McGuinty: 17 members in the “Dalton McGuinty is handsome” club.
Hillary Clinton: No profile but over 500 groups devoted to her, including “Don’t let a woman become President…especially Hillary Clinton” and “Don’t support Hillary Clinton, support Chris Dodd“.
Other fun groups:
“The Paul Wells Appreciation Society” [39 members]
“The Andrew Coyne Fan Club” [119 members]
“I miss making fun of Jean Chretien” [78 members]
Two groups called “Stephen Harper eats babies”
“Stephen Harper needs a stylist” [26 members]
“Stephen Harper is a cylon” [23 members]
“Jack Layton lives on my street” [1 member]