# And you thought you'd seen dead guys on ballots before! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 3, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747 "2002-10-03T23:19:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/1 "2002-10-03T23:19:19Z")
How does a third party candidate expect to get elected if he [looks like a zombie](http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Central/10/02/candidate.blue.skin.ap/index.html)? Is he going to eliminate income taxes by selling fresh juicy brains on the black market? I wonder if I should be proud or scared that my political party is running a blue guy who drank metal because of Y2K paranoia…for Senate. I think this is one of those “if you don’t have anyone good to nominate, don’t bother” situations. 🙂 Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/2 "2002-10-03T23:50:26Z")
Poppa Smurf for US Senate? He’s got my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/3 "2002-10-03T23:53:04Z")
LOL! That is fucking HIGH-LAY-RIOUS!! ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/4 "2002-10-04T00:13:01Z")
> [@](#): > > but some consider (colloidal silver dietary supplements) quackery. Really? Why? ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/5 "2002-10-04T00:17:51Z")
Maybe Ralph and the Green party would get more votes if Ralph were, well, green? Perhaps **Libertarian** will come by and tell us what the deal is… ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/6 "2002-10-04T00:19:13Z")
**RTA** , that’s the best laugh I’ve had in a long time! I’m crying over here! ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/7 "2002-10-04T00:26:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhum Runner \* > \*\* Perhaps **Libertarian** will come by and tell us what the deal is… \*\* He can speak for himself, of course, but I’d say that guys like this is a pretty big reason that there are an awful lot more people who believe in libertarian principals than belong to the Libertarian Party. “I believe in less government and more freedom, and, and, dude! You’re a blue, quack, millennialist freak! And you’re at the top of the party? Jeez, maybe putting up with a bunch of fundies isn’t so bad after all.” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/8 "2002-10-04T00:27:59Z")
For anyone interested in information on colloidal silver and argyria, there was a recent [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=135065) that has a lot of good information and links. I’d be afraid to vote for someone who bought into such an obvious scam. ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/9 "2002-10-04T00:33:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\*He can speak for himself, of course, but I’d say that guys like this is a pretty big reason that there are an awful lot more people who believe in libertarian principals than belong to the Libertarian Party. \*\* Gee, ya think? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/10 "2002-10-04T01:47:53Z")
I’m a proud member of the libertarian party, and I’ll vote Libertarian even though I know there is a slim chance that the libertarian candidate will win. I vote my conscience. I’m not compromising my beliefs so that tweedle dee can win over tweedle dum, because they both are going to do the same thing: increase government, decrease freedom. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/11 "2002-10-04T01:49:18Z")
And yes, that means I’ll vote Libertarian even if the damned candidate is Blue. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/12 "2002-10-04T06:08:42Z")
Hahaha! I wish all quack ideas resulted in a change in skin color. Aliens run the government? Bam! You’re green. Moon landings were hoaxed? Whoosh! You’re purple. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/13 "2002-10-04T06:13:12Z")
_shakes a lowered head slowly_ ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/14 "2002-10-04T19:36:44Z")
Even BLUE this guy looks better than Torricelli. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/15 "2002-10-04T20:51:16Z")
Erskine Bowles beat [Blue](http://www.blue02.net/newsarticles.html) in the Democratic primary. ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/16 "2002-10-04T21:56:47Z")
New [Florida candidate?](http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/South/10/04/sea.rescue.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-youd-seen-dead-guys-on-ballots-before/130747/17 "2002-10-05T00:58:57Z")
I only wish this made you really bright blue, and not deathly gray-blue. I’d drink it in a second!