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The crankiest Conservative on the campaign trail may be moonlighting in one of the hippest gigs of the digital age.

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Earl Cowan, known forever as “Angry Tory” for his outburst at reporters at the Stephen Harper campaign stop in Etobicoke, bears a striking resemblance to an Uber X driver taking fares sorry, “ride sharing,” in Toronto this summer.

His bizarre tirade against journalists — he accused CTV News reporter Laurie Graham of cheating on her taxes and being a “lying piece of sh*t” before he was led off by security — rang familiar to one sharp-eyed Torontonian, who recalled an Uber ride from one evening in July.

The Uber receipt obtained by The Gargoyle summarizes the customer’s trip and notes that, “You rode with EARL.” (We have to say it — “Harper doesn’t read Uber receipts, you idiot!”

The driver avatar on the receipt looks a heck of a lot like Angry Earl, a Doug Ford supporter who launched the first meme of the campaign. A blow-up of the image shows Uber posters in the background, suggesting it was snapped in the company’s offices.

Cowan could not be reached to confirm or deny.

But if it’s him, one can presume with his unalloyed support for conservative politicians, Cowan is drawn to Uber’s free-market, taxi union-busting ways.

Now.. Where to, you lying pieces of… etc.?

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