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Mira

(22,380 posts)
Wed May 20, 2015, 05:00 PM May 2015

Biker-Brawl Suspects Only Slightly Outnumber Republican Candidates - comparison by Andy Borowitz



WACO (The Borowitz Report) – Suspects in the recent biker brawl in Waco, Texas, only slightly outnumber the 2016 Republican Presidential candidates, leading some voters to have difficulty distinguishing between the two groups, a new poll shows.

According to the poll, voters who were presented the names of a biker-brawl suspect and a Republican Presidential candidate correctly identified both only thirty per cent of the time.

For example, fifty-seven per cent of voters erroneously identified the former Texas Governor Rick Perry as a member of the Bandidos motorcycle gang, while forty-one per cent believed he belonged to the Cossacks.
Adding to voters’ confusion, the biker brawlers and G.O.P. candidates have identical views on a host of issues, such as gun rights and whether they would feel comfortable attending a gay wedding.

While the number of biker-brawl suspects stands at a hundred and seventy, if current trends continue, the Republican field could blow past that number by early summer, possibly deepening voters’ confusion.

But, in one positive sign for the Republicans, they notched a higher approval rating than the Waco suspects, five per cent to three.



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Biker-Brawl Suspects Only Slightly Outnumber Republican Candidates - comparison by Andy Borowitz (Original Post) Mira May 2015 OP
Hahahahahahaha. TheCowsCameHome May 2015 #1
Looks a bit like a multiplication of the Duck Dynasty cast. hifiguy May 2015 #2
second row, #4 was a cop for 32 years Skittles May 2015 #3
They're probably smarter, and more evenly tempered than the Texas Republican Delegation. Fuddnik May 2015 #4
lot of diversity in each group central scrutinizer May 2015 #5
If Dick Cheney had a son.......... TheCowsCameHome May 2015 #6
Don't bikers refer to themselves as the 1% ? world wide wally May 2015 #7
The outlaw bikers do rocktivity May 2015 #8
From a remark by a former American Motorcycle Assn. President back in the '50's. Fuddnik May 2015 #9
Thanks!! Thespian2 May 2015 #10
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
2. Looks a bit like a multiplication of the Duck Dynasty cast.
Wed May 20, 2015, 05:15 PM
May 2015

Not many bright-looking bulbs in that group, though one guy looks a little like Cruz.

Fuddnik

(8,846 posts)
9. From a remark by a former American Motorcycle Assn. President back in the '50's.
Wed May 20, 2015, 07:25 PM
May 2015

Only 1% of bikers give the other 99% a bad name.

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