I see “Lizard People”
My vote for most bizarre ballot of 2008 (via Minnesota NPR):
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Looks like a vote for Franken to me!
Or maybe the lizard people are preferable to Franken.
If I had to choose between the two, I’d probably take Lizard People as well.
ugh.
This is what happens when you write in a candidate, you throw away your vote.
Because they voted lizard, now a snake will win.
I love that these are being shown. I had always wondered how someone could screw up a ballot or how the intent could in any way be ambiguous.
It looks like they filled in the bubble with an X, then decided that wasn’t good enough, and filled in around the X.
what do you bet the person was high as a kite?
Looks to me like the Lizard People vote was for POTUS. Kind of wish they’d won…
I looked at some of the challenged ballots over at the NPR site. OMG, were these ballots done by acorn enrollees?
Some were obvious as to the intent. Some I would just toss out.
Makes the case for electronic ballots like we have in Georgia. With photo ID.
Maybe it is what I listen to and read but I have heard/seen squat from the Repubs but a whole lot of screaming from the Dems. Where’s the freaking outrage? The Repubs should be all over this like stink on poo.
O.K. Folks…this is ridiculous! Some of these people have no business voting. And the challenges are stupid. If someone voted for two different candidates, the ballot is invalid! How hard is that? And if someone puts a dot in one circle but clearly fills in another circle completely, that was their intent! Trying to read the “intent” of these people is a lesson in insanity. I think any questionable ballot needs to be immediately put in a box and only dragged out if the final tally is too close to call. Have we completely lost all common sense?
On the downside: U.S. Senator Al Franken! YIKES!
On the upside: U.S. Senator Al Franken!
Reid and his Dem cohorts would be in perpetual damage control for the outrageous things Franken would say and do on and off the senate floor! Plus, with a filibuster-proof majority in the senate and complete control of two branches of government, Democrats and the MSM will have no one but themselves to blame while, as Helen Thomas so aptly put it to Bill Clinton, “everything is going down the drain!”
A Senator Al Franken is just that much assurance of Republican majorities in 2010 & 2012. So as hard as his win would be to stomach, I can deal with it.
They did! The Big Chameleon won.
Seeing as it is about a 130 vote difference right now, I would say that point has been reached.
I, for one, would welcome our new Lizard Overlords…
Thanks for the morning laugh.
Interesting that Gov. Schwartzenegger said the republicans need to abandon some of it’s more “radical” beliefs, like stem cell research, abortion, etc. and be more centrist, if we hope to win elections. Yeah, that worked real well for us this time, didn’t it? He is definitely smoking some of that stuff they sell on every street corner out there.
Actually, Chapoutier…whoever is ahead by that 130 votes is the winner. Right?
I mean, when the recount is complete!
Touche!!
I didn’t know Stacy Keach lived in Minnesota.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qq4_A_bT1A
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Anyone remember ‘V’?
I have been told, I have heard that when roasted lizards taste like chicken. Up until now America’s only poisonous lizard was the Gila Monster but it looks at if Minnesota just might have added a second.
Expect more of the same for the next four years and perhaps for several generations. Valley Forge?
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Is NOW the time for the Second American Revolution?
If Franked-up wins, can we move Minn to Canada and start over - with lizzard people?
On November 21st, 2008 at 10:53 am, happyscrapper said:
Not if it’s Coleman - then there’ll be racism involved!
So now we need a Lizard People Protection Law?
No kidding, happy. But the number of challenged votes is definitely going to be much higher than the margin of lead after the recount, i.e., too close to call without resolving the issues of the challenged votes.
I don’t think this is in dispute. Right now there are over 800 challenged ballots, with 45% recounted. There is no way either candidate is going to approach anywhere near a 1700 vote lead just off the undisputed recounted ballots. There is no way either candidate is going to have close to HALF that lead after the recount is done.
So why wait on the resolving the challenged ballots when everyone knows it is going to come down to them?
I have been volunteering for the Coleman campaign as an observer. I can tell you from my election judge experience and this that NO state has a market on stupid voters. Every single one of you in your respective states have people who are as ignorant…no stupid as the people who have voted in MN. if you learn nothing else from this exercise in fraud it’s this…. The Electoral College is the only way to protect yourselves. The Founding Father’s did NOT trust the common folks to make rational decisions. They knew they would be parochial and selfish.
Was this vote by an ex los angeles cop?
Well, unless somebody “finds” a few hundred more Franken votes in the trunk of their car or stuck inside a ballot box somewhere. Or just cheats on the count, as Democrats are wont to do.
absolutely!
Just who do these Minnesota Democrats think they are, Chicago Democrats?
You are correct, of course. But why allow those ballots that are filled out wrong to count at all? I guess I am just so frustrated with the stupidity of people who can’t vote correctly. I’m sorry, but it just isn’t that hard! There are circles next to the names. You fill in the circle next to the person you are voting for. You vote for one candidate in each category. Now, for those who are so mentally challeneged that they cannot follow those basic instructions, perhaps we should have special election places for special needs voters who need extra help. Or something. I don’t mean to sound condescending or superior to those out there who are mentally challenged,but there is a certain amount of responsibility we should expect out of our voters! Maybe they don’t know why they are voting for Franken, but they should be able to fill in the circle!
YUM!!
ROASTED LIZARD
Would a Sleestack count as a Lizard person? If so I would totally vote Sleestack. Straight ticket.
There are some people who believe they did, and (to quote Barry) I am not making this up.
Or Oregonian. Either way, I remain firmly convinced that they will find some way to steal this seat. At least with Chambliss their theft will be in broad daylight in a runoff, though I expect them to win there too based on the high enthusiasm of their non-resident voters.
I, for one, welcome our new Lizard People overlords.
oops. #15 beat me to it. haha.
At least no hanging chads…
I looked at the ballots on the MPR site.
Not only should we have to produce a valid ID to vote, but a quick mental health assessment might be in order too.
When are the votes from Lake Wobegon being tallied?
These Lizard People are they any relation to that GEICO Insurance Lizard guy?
If so who are they the spokeslizard for at this time?
I like Lizards. As for turtles they well suck.
Gamarah? A giant flying turtle with jet propulsion that befriends Japanese children? Much cooler than the giant fire breathing lizard Godzilla.
I don’t know about that. Ol’ Gojira was bad to the bone…he’d have fried that turtle on the first pass.
When I would take the photo ID from a new registrant during this last election I had them repeat back to me their addresses on the ID. You didn’t get it right…. I questioned you. Oh, as for change in addresses, they had to have utility bills… so don’t even try to feel sorry for the idiots.
Doesn’t everything?
A little OT, but how is anyone without a “D” after their name going to get a fair shake in future elections? There was massive voter fraud and no one cared or even seems to now.
Yeah, I know Obummer won by 7 million votes, and the likelihood that all those were fraudulent is no doubt slim, BUT, when you have a billionaire financier who funds the DNC and more or less owns the MSM and has millions of minions they contact at a moment’s notice (like Georgia currently), how do you compete when the playing field’s stacked against you?
I thought this transcript from Rush was fascinating regarding the Oklahoma stats from this election:
RUSH: You know, we need to look at Oklahoma. Did you see the election returns out of Oklahoma? “McCain got 65.6 percent of the vote in Oklahoma, the highest state percentage for him in the country, even though Democrats hold an edge in voter registration by about 300,000 votes. The GOP candidate swept all 77 counties, repeating George Bush’s feat four years ago against John Kerry. No Democrat has won a presidential race here since Lyndon Johnson’s landslide in 1964.” When I saw this, I said, “Now, what’s different about Oklahoma other than the people that live there, what’s different?” I asked myself today, “Do they have early voting? Do they allow registration and voting on the same day? Do you need an ID?” And isn’t it interesting, the GOP for the most part — they have a Democrat governor, David Boren — the GOP for the most part runs the state, and this story says the Oklahoma state economy is in good shape, Oklahoma is not in trouble at all, 65-and-a-half percent voted Republican.
So I looked it up, folks, and here is what I found out. You could not register and vote on the same day in Oklahoma. Voter registration ends 25 days before Election Day. You can visit your county election board or mail in the form. Deadline is Friday, October 10th to mail in your vote. An ID was required to vote. When you register to vote in Oklahoma, you’ll receive a voter ID card from the election official. You need to bring that card with you, your voter ID card when you go to vote. If you lose or misplace your ID card you get a new one by contacting the county elections official. Cards are not issued during the 24 days before the election. They did have early voting in Oklahoma on the Friday before the election; not 30 days before; not 25 days before. They had early voting on the Friday before, Friday, Saturday, and Monday early voting from eight a.m. to six p.m. Now, it sounds like Oklahoma has elections the way the whole country used to have elections. No early voting, you had to have an ID, no registering and voting on the same day.
Yet Granken wants to throw out a Coleman vote because the bubble was not completely filled. How are they not hypocrites again? I forget.
#46 - I too was an election judge and this time around worked the absentee ballot counts at the courthouse. Every once in awhile another judge would look over the ballot they were holding and their eyes would give a look of complete consternation. The youth vote waited until that day to send text msgs to each other and they’d all descend on the courthouse in waves, even though the lines were down the street. It was like a rav party - flashing each other and showing their messiah’s tee-shirts - a lot of giggling going on and sly looks. Lots of fistbumps too..they’re so with it you know. Yea, they really put one over on us. Since most were students I’m guessing they also voted absentee in their home states. This is one of the many reasons I’m thinking a national I.D. card is in our future. But, then, national comparisons would also have to be made.
in missouri, we have much the same election laws as oklahoma, even though i witnessed what i believe was voter fraud by an individual in front of me who didn’t present a photo id or his registration card, but to all white voters in this state, you must present verifiable id showing you reside here and are registered to vote and are authorized to vote. when i asked my voter volunteer why this guy didn’t have to show a photo id, she said he didn’t need to because he was newly registered. all the more reason to ask to see an id which gives his name, address, and some way to see if he is voting in more than one place under more than one name.
Can’t. that would be RAAAAACIST and would lend itself to intimidating minorities. Don’t you read the papers?
/sarc
I believe I know the origin of the phrase “lizard people.” There is a writer named Robert Crais who has written a series of detective novels. One of the main characters is named Joe Pike. Pike refers to all lawyers as “lizard people.” It’s not a compliment.
If there were voting issues/problems last time,wouldn’t it make sense to learn from those and improve the process? And the same thing about another state’s issues/problems. Why do things not get fixed? And just who is against getting things fixed? Is the “don’t-give-a-sh*t” meter running on empty? When are those non-electronic ballot states gonna hold training classes on how to fill out a ballot? That could solve a lot of issues.
There’s a lunatic conspiracy theorist named David Icke who writes that all of the world’s leaders are actually Illuminati lizard men from the hollow Earth disguised as humans. He’s a 9/11 Truther, too. My friend’s wife was a big fan of his books.
I’m not surprised that someone who reads Icke and lacks the mental capacity to fill in a bubble on a ballot properly would go for Franken.
24Klady
I’m all for a national ID card, nothing big brother at all about it, it would have your address, your birth date….wouldn’t even have to have a social security number…that’s it. But the terror is, you’d have to show residence by having that card… that terrifies liberals to no end…. and criminals , and illegals…. and …..
Your post makes way too much sense. That’s why it’ll never happen. For some reason, folks enjoy hitting their heads on a brick wall and then complaining about it. And apparently, “learning from your mistakes” is just a catchy phrase.
And Coleman has challenged at least 10 votes soley on the bais that the person voted McCain and Franken.
Both sides are playing silly games and pushing the limits.
jeez…
solely and basis
Then I guess that it can all be scrapped down to this …
Common sense and government employee do not co-exist.
Profoundly true. And your reference to “scrapped” was cute!
Chapoutier….Yes, both sides are playing the games and I am so glad. Usually, it is just the dems who play the games and we take it in the a$$.
Lizard people and Frankin… does that count as two votes for Frankin?
Let this be a lesson to you: a vote for Lizard People is a vote against Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle.