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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 09:24 PM
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Excellent! Burns tops write-ins for NYC mayor (25)
Edited on Fri Dec-04-09 09:24 PM by underpants
Source: MSNBC

‘Simpsons’ nuclear power tycoon outpolls Derek Jeter, Sleeping Beauty

Excellent! Fictional cartoon millionaire Charles Montgomery Burns scored the most write-in votes for mayor of New York, collecting 25, according to Board of Elections data.

Close to 300 votes in last month’s election were write-ins, just a small fraction of the 1.1 million votes cast. Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees was the only athlete on the list, but he declined to comment when the News asked whether he will have a political future or whether he wrote in his own name.

Former presidents won some votes. Honest Abe Lincoln received a write-in from a Queens resident, and three other voters selected former President Bill Clinton.

Some voters wanted to give former mayors a second chance. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani collected 10 votes, while David Dinkins and Ed Koch each received one.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34278623/ns/local_news-new_york_ny?GT1=43001



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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 09:26 PM
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1. What! No Stephen Colbert????
I demand a recount.

:rofl:
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chollybocker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 09:52 PM
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2. He would have won, too...
but for the three-eyed fish. ;)
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 10:00 PM
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3. And his alter ego won the race n/t
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 10:13 PM
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4. Smithers--release the hounds!
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 12:26 AM
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5. People are funny
:rofl:
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 12:38 AM
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6. Smithers, These Slack-Jawed Neandrathals Cost Me The Election
And yet if I had them killed, I'd be the one going to jail.

-- C. Montgomery Burns
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iandhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 12:56 AM
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7. you for got burn's next line
"That's democracy for you"


and Simthers says "you are noble and poetic in defeat.
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