Topic: Election 2008: Aftermath (Read 15989 times)

Kashan · « **Reply #100 on:** November 16, 2008, 10:10:26 PM »

The football question was great.

I like how he said he wasn't about to tell his step mother what to do, before saying "I'm not stupid, that's how I got to be president."

Arc · « **Reply #101 on:** November 16, 2008, 10:29:04 PM »

Someone in the administration needs to push forward on the playoff issue. Could be a populist vote-getter.

The simplest choice would be to have the four bowl games work as playoffs, and then work from there, since the funds that flow in from the bowls are what keep these universities gridlocked into this farce of a system.

Arc · « **Reply #102 on:** November 17, 2008, 05:54:13 PM »

Quote from: Rock on November 16, 2008, 09:12:14 PM

The 60 Minutes interview

Most watched 60 minutes since 1999.

What a celebrity.

Transportation · « **Reply #103 on:** November 18, 2008, 06:04:33 PM »

And Ted Stevens has lost the Alaskan Senate race

Huzzah, Alaska doesn't reelect a convicted felon. That leaves Minnesota as a coin toss and Georgia as 'it would be nice' in terms of probability.

Arc · « **Reply #104 on:** November 18, 2008, 06:10:46 PM »

Happy Birthday, Teddy!

This should also lessen the daily media Palin stories from six thousand to five thousand!

Arc · « **Reply #105 on:** November 19, 2008, 02:03:05 AM »

Florida Write-in Results: Hillary 234; Jesus 23

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234 HILLARY CLINTON
174 RON PAUL
23 NONE OF THE ABOVE
23 JESUS
21 MIKE HUCKABEE
14 MITT ROMNEY
8 COLIN POWELL
6 GOD
6 LEFT BLANK
5 UNDECIDED
4 AL GORE
4 BISHOP V.M. MCLAUGHLEN
4 FRED THOMPSON
4 OBAMA
4 RUDY GIULLIANI
4 STEVEN COLBERT
3 DONALD DUCK
3 DONALD FOY
3 MICKEY MOUSE
3 T. BOONE PICKENS
2 BILL COSBY
2 BILL McMILLON
2 BILL NYE
2 CHUCK NORRIS
2 CONDOLEEZA RICE
2 FRANK HARDEN
2 FRANKLIN GRAHAM
2 LOU DOBBS
2 PAGO POSSUM
2 SARAH PALIN
2 SEANATOR BROWNBACK
2 GARY BENZENBERG
2 GEORGE W BUSH
2 JOHN EDWARDS
2 LEE GODDARD
2 TIM TEBOW

Among those getting a single vote: Abstain, Against All, Alfred E. Newman, Bill Clinton, Bill O'Riely, Bill Richardson, Bobby Bowden, Bugs Bunny, May the best man win, Me, Morgan Freeman, Mr. Bill, Newt Gingwrich, None (Anarchy), Oprah, Pat Buchannan, Ralph Nader, Hilary Bush, Homer Simpson, Jay Plotkin, Jimmy Carter, Joe the Plumber, John Doe, Lieberman, Theodore Roosevelt, They Both Suck '08, Tiger Woods, Tommy Chong, Truman, Weird Al Yancovic, William Crosby and Willie Nelson.

Brentai · « **Reply #106 on:** November 19, 2008, 07:54:31 AM »

I'm somehow enraged that George W. Bush more votes than Alfred E. Newman.

...or maybe he got exactly as many votes as Alfred E. Newman.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #107 on:** November 19, 2008, 08:30:10 AM »

What perplexes me is the 4 votes for Obama. Did somebody not know he was running, but had heard the name and thought he'd be a good write-in candidate instead of those other two guys nobody had ever heard about?

Or were they illiterate terrorist trying to get Osama elected?

Romosome · « **Reply #108 on:** November 19, 2008, 12:56:12 PM »

What constantine said. 4 people who are apparently too dumb to participate in Democracy.

Not really that surprising, actually.

Also I'm now upset that I didn't support Tommy Chong.

Brentai · « **Reply #109 on:** November 19, 2008, 12:58:03 PM »

My guess is they were trying to be funny.

The Artist Formerly Known As Yoji · « **Reply #110 on:** November 19, 2008, 01:20:13 PM »

Chuck Norris joke? These days? Someone dispatch a sterilization team, please.

Brentai · « **Reply #111 on:** November 19, 2008, 01:23:46 PM »

CHUCK NORRIS FACT: A meme about Chuck Norris can survive nuclear apocalypse.

Mongrel · « **Reply #112 on:** November 19, 2008, 02:40:22 PM »

Hm. I wasn't aware that a Chuck Norris reference had made it's way into Fallout 3.

Arc · « **Reply #113 on:** November 19, 2008, 02:49:45 PM »

Nine - to - One odds the three that voted for Donald Duck and three that voted Mickey Mouse were counting on bringing the vast ACORN syndicate to its knees.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #114 on:** November 19, 2008, 04:45:00 PM »

I guess it'll be a couple of decades yet before Super Mario is a write-in presence in Florida.

Büge · « **Reply #115 on:** November 19, 2008, 05:48:36 PM »

Mario would be endorsing Princess Peach.

Thad · « **Reply #116 on:** November 21, 2008, 11:24:59 PM »

Challenged ballots in the Minnesota Senate race, as sourced, oddly enough, by Kurt Busiek on Newsarama's Trinity #25 annotation comments section.

Some seem like they should be thrown out -- it's hard to say what the person in #3 was trying to do -- some look more like they should be kept; it sounds like the "NO" next to Coleman in #4 is valid under Minnesota law, and "Lizard People" in #5 doesn't look like an overvote because the bubble's not filled in. (Though this should serve as a cautionary tale: if you're putting a joke write-in, don't do it on a part of the ballot where you're actually voting.)

The challenge on the thumbprint on #2 seems a little dickish; it looks like an accident to me.

Arc · « **Reply #117 on:** November 24, 2008, 02:43:22 PM »

As with Tina Fey & Sarah Palin, 236's valiant stupidity couldn't overcome reality-based stupidity.

Brentai · « **Reply #118 on:** November 24, 2008, 04:11:24 PM »

I remember one interview I caught at random during the election that I thought was an SNL skit for like 5 minutes until the usual bits of screen clutter came up.

Thad · « **Reply #119 on:** November 24, 2008, 11:55:51 PM »

Quote from: Arc on November 24, 2008, 02:43:22 PM

As with Tina Fey & Sarah Palin, 236's valiant stupidity couldn't overcome reality-based stupidity.

That and the one with the blacked-out ballot with one not-filled-in oval is shamelessly cribbed from The Daily Show bit about Bizarro Hitler's face being entirely covered in mustache except for one tiny area on his upper lip.

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