For your CE&P amusement -Bush votes for Obama

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George Bush Accidently Votes For Obama

Nov. 06, 2012


Former U.S. president George W. Bush accidentally voted for Barack Obama today at a polling place near his Crawford, TX home.

According to local reports, the two-term Republican was confused by the instructions on his electronic voting machine and mistakenly cast a ballot he intended to discard.

Witnesses say Bush argued with poll workers for several minutes afterwards in a effort to redo his vote, but in accordance with state law they ultimately denied his request.

The embarrassing incident may have gone unnoticed if it weren't for a local newspaper reporter who happened to be voting in the next booth. Suzanna Everett, a politics correspondent for the Waco Times witnessed the entire ordeal and crafted a cunning scheme to make it public.

Left On Red


Barred by ethics rules from using knowledge gained within a polling station, Everett waited for Bush to leave the facility and ambushed him with a trick question designed to fool him into revealing the news himself:

"Mr. President Fox News is reporting that you've accidentally voted for Barack Obama. Would you care to comment?"

Thinking that his mistake had already been found out, Bush sought to minimize the damage:

"Yes unfortunately because of the incompetence of the folks who designed the ballot, my vote counted for the other guy," Bush responded. He then attempted to explain exactly how the mishap occurred:

"First of all, everything was very mismaladjusted on the screen. You shouldn't put the senators and the congresspeople and the presidents all jumbled together like that. It's too crowded. Just confuses folks."

Bush then explained that after marking the wrong candidate, he sought to correct his error by clicking the red "Cast Ballot" button, thinking that it was designed to 'cast away' the ballot and bring up a fresh one:

"Usually red means stop and green means go. I thought I was stopping"

A New Legacy

Bush is no stranger to election day controversy, having been pushed into office himself by the Florida fiasco of 2000. In that election hundreds of votes intended for Democratic rival Al Gore went to protest candidate Pat Buchanan instead due to poor ballot design.

In an official statement released shortly after the event, former President Bush said his experiences today have inspired him to make electoral reform the signature cause of his post-presidency:

"Laura and I will be dedicating the next few years to fixing our electoral system. Every American deserves a clear, simple ballot when they go to the polling place."

However, the system Bush used has been deployed successfully around the country with little incident. A spokesperson for the company that manufactures the machines says they stand by their product:

"Until today we have never had a single instance of someone confusing the "cast ballot" button for a "cast away ballot" button. This is a problem unique to Mr. Bush, and we have no plans to change our machines."

[soozy87]

Well...that is just one more crazy that voted for him...

[pixy0stix]

mismaladjusted.

I've missed him.

[heightsyankee]

Nov 6, 2012 17:28:48 GMT -5 soozy87 said:

Well...that is just one more crazy that voted for him...

[smock]

OMG this has to be fake, right?

[msmerymac]

Nov 6, 2012 17:31:52 GMT -5 smock said:

OMG this has to be fake, right?

That's what I was thinking. I can't find any other confirmation.

[meshaliuknits]

[Kore]

:-(

This made my day.

[NitaX]

Nov 6, 2012 17:31:03 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

mismaladjusted.

I've missed him.

This is all I got out of the article. LMAO. I even Googled it. All that came up was his casting an incorrect vote.

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www.dailycurrant.com

"Global satirical newspaper of record"

The same site that brings you "Todd Akin believes breast milk cures homosexuality."

But it's funny...and funny how many people are believing it, or at least think Bush is capable of this level of competence or lack thereof. To quote one person "I thought it was the Onion but it's not. It's true!" lol.

[NitaX]

Nov 6, 2012 17:33:54 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

LMAO

[NitaX]

Oh Good! I didn't know the Daily Currant was satire. I had a feeling that it probably was.

[biggulp15]

Damn. I want this to be real. Too funny.

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Should we delete any reference to this being satire and see how many people start frantically Googling? (insert evil emoticon here.)

[Deleted]

Oh I was fooled too.