OK, time to get serious

[packsaddle]

Or not. Reminds me of Pat Paulson. I think I still have one of those old campaign buttons. I used to love the Smothers Brothers and then that awful He Haw thing replaced them. American History, I guess...

 

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/56811.html

 

"Heads of both South Carolina parties said Wednesday they would welcome the comic on their tickets."

"With two weeks left to file for the state's races, Colbert will have to pony up $35,000 to enter the Republican primary and find either $2,500 or 3,000 signatures to join the Democrats."

That's quite a difference, but I guess the Republicans are more money-oriented...or else the Democrats are rolling in it. Nah.

 

But the following two quotes tell us a lot about the parties in SC:

"The whole thing is farcical. He's just creating attention for himself," said Sun City resident Maureen Hermiston, who plans to vote in the Republican primary and is a member of the Sun City Republican Club. "All I know is he's a comedian and he mostly pokes fun at Republicans."

 

Pat Goodman, a Sun City resident who runs the Sun City Democrat Club, said, "... I think it's great when someone with a sense of humor enters politics. It lightens things up," said Goodman, who runs the Sun City Democratic Club. "But I'm not concerned it will make any kind of real difference."

I'd say the 'sense-of-humor' war is definitely over....

 

"After Colbert chatted with real-life pundit Larry King last week about a possible bid, South Carolina's public television channel ETV invited the comic to start his campaign with them.

 

Colbert was the No. 1 choice among college students in a recent ETV poll asking who would inspire their interest in politics and the election, said Catherine Christman, the station's vice president of communications."

 

He'll probably take votes away from Ron Paul.

[OldGreyEagle]

Ron Paul or RuPaul?

 

I remember I lived in Illinois when several of the followers of Lyndon LaRouche won the Democratic Primary, that was fun

[Trevorum]

As seen on a bumpersticker: "Colbert for Precedent"

[eolesen]

And let's not forget that Kinky Friedman was not only a contender for Gov. of Texas in 2006, but he actually got 13% of the vote.

[BrentAllen]

None of that holds a candle to the Democrats in Missouri who elected a dead guy to the US Senate. Maybe they knew something the rest of us don't...

[Merlyn_LeRoy]

And the guy who LOST to that dead guy, John Ashcroft, was appointed Attorney General by George W. Bush. And yes, the dead guy was the better candidate.

[GernBlansten]

Brent, lets also not forget that the republican candidate John Ashcroft, lost to a dead guy.

Edit: Dang, Merlyn beat me to it.

Let the EAGLE SOAR!!!!!

 

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[BrentAllen]

Big deal - there was a majority of brain-dead Democrats (oooops, that's redundant) in Missouri at the time. They keep electing Ted Kennedy and his brain has been pickled for years. The good news is the people of Louisiana came to their senses this past election.

[GernBlansten]

At least we can all take solace in knowing that the majority of Americans did not vote for the current occupant. There is hope.

[BrentAllen]

Huh?? Are you trying to prove my point about brain-dead Democrats? Which election are you talking about?

 

2004 election Totals

Bush 62,039,073 50.7

Kerry 59,027,478 48.3

[Oak Tree]

I'm guessing Gern was thinking of the 2000 election.

 

Gore: 50,999,897 48.38%

Bush: 50,456,002 47.87%

 

But he's technically correct even in the 2004 election. A majority of Americans did not vote for Bush.

 

Bush vote: 62,039,073

American population: 303,190,370

Percent of the population who voted for Bush: 20.5%

 

It's possible I'm taking things just a bit too literally here :-)

[BrentAllen]

With that definition, no president has ever received a majority.

[GernBlansten]

Yeah, I'm talking about the 2000 Selection. Once that travesty unfolded, the fix was in and all subsequent elections become suspect.

[Lisabob]

Hey Gern - You might really enjoy a book called "Deliver the Vote" which chronicles election fraud all the way back to our colonial era. Surprisingly, it is an amusing and enjoyable read despite the topic, and you get a good bit of history mixed in to the litany of electoral abuses.

 

As for me: I've been introducing "unknown candidate of the day" to my students. I couldn't care less who they vote for or even if they vote. But I would like them to know what a broad range of options really exist. Project Vote Smart is a gem for this sort of thing. Check it out here:

http://www.vote-smart.org/election_president_search.php?type=alpha

[OldGreyEagle]

Being from Chicago, I remember the 1960 election when all the graves of every cemetary opened and the undead voted for Kennedy, 2-3 times at least...