First, the DC meetup time.
We/I have decided to have the meetup unofficially in conjunction with Drinking Liberally.
Thursday, December 11th, 2008. 6:30 p.m. to however late we stay around.
Timberlake's, 1726 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC
Timberlake's is located on the part of Connecticut Avenue bounded by R Street to the South, S Street to the North, 21st Street to the West, and 20th Street to the East. It is located 3/10ths of a mile north/northwest on Connecticut Avenue from the Dupont Circle Metro Station.
Bus routes to the area include L1, L4, H1, 42, N2, N3, N4, N6, D1, D2, D3, D6
See you there!!!!!!!!!
End DC meetup information
As you know, the Minnesota Senate race has led to many awesome challenged ballots (including the infamous "Lizard People" ballot). Recently, Secretary of State Ritchie decided to publicly release PDFs of all the challenged ballots (2,232 are available now), leading to more opportunities for humor.
Here are some humorous ballots that I've found which involve deities.
First, I'd like to note that sadly (or thankfully), I found no references on any of the challenged ballots to the "Zionist Occupation Government" or any similar sentiments denouncing a Jewish conspiracy.
Which is kind of a shame <snark>, because frank(en)ly, they almost have a case with this Senate seat. I mean, after all, both major parties, in a state that is less than 1% Jewish, have both nominated someone Jewish for this Senate seat in each of the last 4 elections (though of course, Walter Mondale was actually on the ballot in 2002 after the great Paul Wellstone perished in the plane crash);
- Boschwitz v. Wellstone
- Boschwitz v. Wellstone
- Coleman v. Wellstone
- Coleman v. Franken
So again, kind of a shame :( </snark>
Dr. James Dobson for President
While Sarah Palin is generally considered to have done a great job shoring up the right-wing fundamentalist Christian base's lukewarm attitude toward John McCain, she wasn't entirely successful.
This voter wrote in truly crazy James Dobson, the head of the far-right Focus on the Family.
Perhaps John McCain could've won this person over if he'd simply taken a page out of Saxby Chambliss' book and Focused on the Family | Fight the Secular Progressives
This voter has a message to send; that we are standing up to those doggone secular progressives from San Francisco because we trust in God, but they're winning. If the Father, Son and Holy Ghost intervene, though, we've got a fighting chance. |
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I Trust God to Choose My President
This voter seems to have put his faith in God that Barack Obama would be elected president; if so, God came through for him or her.
Why Obama?
Because he/she did not trust God in the Senate race; he/she voted for Al Franken | A Plea for Help
One hopes that this person is suffering economically (and that God will heed his/her prayers for help) and not simply commenting "God Help Us" now that secret Muslim Barack Hussein Obama is going to become president | God!!! (and Nader)
Yes, this person wrote in "GOD!!!" in all caps. I'd say they were a diarist here, except that they also voted for Ralph Nader AND Norm Coleman |
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Obama Really is the new Jesus
Many critics of Obama called him "the Messiah" or "the One," lampooning his supporter's devotion.
This voter, however, seems to have genuinely confused the two. Note how he initially wrote in Jesus in the circle next to Obama, then crossed it out.
| The Flying Spaghetti Monster
His Noodliness may not yet be getting the equal time along with evolution and creationism that he deserves, but at least he's getting equal time on getting written in on ballots. I say RAmen to that. |
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Jeshua Ha Mashiac
Yup, it seems one of those "Jews" for Jesus has cast a ballot in this race.
Jeshua Ha Mashiac is, a transliteration of ישו המשיח ,which literally means Jesus the Messiah.
It's the term used by the Messianic "Jews" to describe Jesus.
However, given that this particular Jesus, unlike the "Render unto Caesar what it Caesar's" Jesus of Nazareth, will bring an end to taxes, it's likely that this voter is referring to Supply-Side Jesus, a concept invented by none other than Senate candidate Al Franken in his book Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
And yet, despite this, in the Senate race, one of the two races where this voter did not vote for "Jeshua Ha Mashiac," the voter chose Norm Coleman (he/she also chose John McCain for president)