# Random election thoughts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-election-thoughts/41419>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 16, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-election-thoughts/41419 "2000-11-16T05:57:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-election-thoughts/41419/1 "2000-11-16T05:57:43Z")

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Has anybody considered hiring psychics to determine the intent of the voters?

For that matter, in the year 2100, will the networks use psychics to call the winners the day _before_the election?

We fought the Civil War so _Florida_could determine the presidential election?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…wait, we need a recount on that.

Can any election that allows Cuba to call us a “banana republic” and offer to send observers really be a bad thing?

\*“Government of the people, for the people, by people who can’t follow arrows and punch ballots correctly”\*just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Is it just me, or is the son of King Richard Daley I an odd person to be claiming ballot irregularities?

There are three transition teams preparing for the White House: Bush’s, Gore’s, and Denny Hastert’s.

George, you have to actually win before you appoint a Cabinet.

Al, you can shuffle your hand as much as you like, but a pair of sixes ain’t gonna morph into a full house.

FYI for disgusted members of the Electoral College–Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter are both still eligible for another term.

_You put your ballots in.  
You put your ballots out.  
You put your ballots in,  
and you shake them all about.  
You do the Florida Pokey and you turn the votes around.  
That’s what it’s all about._

Look on the bright side–on January 20, 2005, it all becomes moot.

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-election-thoughts/41419/2 "2000-11-16T06:07:01Z")

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> \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \*  
> **FYI for disgusted members of the Electoral College–Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter are both still eligible for another term.**

And, for those who think the son is not worthy of the name of his father, George Bush is, too.