# Bush messes up ballot, "accidentally" votes for Obama

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 11, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-messes-up-ballot-accidentally-votes-for-obama/640705 "2012-11-11T20:02:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-messes-up-ballot-accidentally-votes-for-obama/640705/1 "2012-11-11T20:02:02Z")

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[http://dailycurrant.com/2012/11/06/george-bush-accidently-votes-obama/](http://dailycurrant.com/2012/11/06/george-bush-accidently-votes-obama/)

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-messes-up-ballot-accidentally-votes-for-obama/640705/2 "2012-11-11T20:06:20Z")

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It’s like The Onion, only not funny.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-messes-up-ballot-accidentally-votes-for-obama/640705/3 "2012-11-11T20:06:21Z")

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You know that’s satire, yes?

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-messes-up-ballot-accidentally-votes-for-obama/640705/4 "2012-11-11T20:20:30Z")

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> [@pancakes3](#):
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> [http://dailycurrant.com/2012/11/06/george-bush-accidently-votes-obama/](http://dailycurrant.com/2012/11/06/george-bush-accidently-votes-obama/)

[Dude, Snopes covered this already. It’s obviously false.](http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/bushvote.asp)

Oh, and this would go in the elections forum.