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There’s one thing Missourians love more than competitive eating, and that’s voting for dead people. Remember that one time, in 2000, when they elected that dead governor rather than see that rascal Senator John Ashcroft stay in power? Thank goodness, because otherwise Ashcroft really could have done some damage, to Democracy!
Anyhow, Missourians have again voted for some dead person, a mayor of a little town of less than 800 people, and if they want to be ruled by a corpse then FINE.
It is better than voting for a goat.
Dead mayor re-elected by US town [BBC News]
I really rilly rilly dislike Missourians who call Missouri “Missourah”. There is no “a” at the end, and they don’t call themselves “Missourahans” either.
Wankers.
Yes, He Used To Be Able To!
Better dead than led!
Zombie-Power!
Let the Eeeeeagggllle Soooooaar
magic titty: Yes He Could’ve?
magic titty: Yes He’s In A Can?
You got a complaint? GO TELL IT TO THE DEAD GUY!!
End of complaints.
I am shocked that you would belittle a beer drinking goat that has enough class to be elected mayor. Presuming that a goat is unqualified is just like saying gay people can’t win mixed martial arts fights, or short people can’t reach he cookie jar if it’s on the top shelf and there’s no ladder. They can climb, and there are some fierce lesbians out there. I am shocked by you this morning, Ms. Smith. Species-ism is an ugly thing.
You can speak for “the Left”; I guess your perception isn’t tainted, eh?
I suppose you are an expert on 2/3rds of America who currently support the President and you opinions are sought by NBC, FOX and Radio Free America, but I can only speak for myself.
Palin was a phoney, fake, fraud, charletan, douchebag, abusing exploiter, elitist, liar and a thief.
That’s why she appealed to the negative party of neanderthal nabobs.
prophet1195: Got a punchline somewhere in there, Sparky? Lots ‘o words, little to no snark/humor. Your typing haz a sad.
prophet1195: What are you talking about?
Missouri must really like those Twilight books that all the tweens keep talking about.
Cape Clod: There was a similar beauty in another previous thread. I think the Chinese hacked the blog Garmin too.
But does he have as good a tomb as Burris the TRAILBLAZER, I doubt it.
prophet1195: Is Palin from Missourah?
Tommy Says Soooo, Jugdish!: Yea, so that’d be the ‘outstate’ (e.g. the whole state except for St Louis, Columbia, and Kansas City) and most of them are native Missourians. They are victims of their own education system. Here in the civilized parts of the state we pronounce it properly. But still mispronounce the vast majority of the inherited French names (a hint if you encounter a French looking name in Missouri, especially if you’ve ever taken a French class: if you pronounce it in the way that seems least logical you’ll probably be correct).
magic titty: Damn, I knew there would be consequences for missing Spanish class the day we learned how to conjugate ‘poder.’
Just think what would happen if a dead guy ran for office in Chicago, what with all the dead voters. Hijinks would certainly ensue.
Cape Clod:
He’s a prophet, he’s responding to a comment that hasn’t been made yet. Tambien.
…that town is ran by Umbrella Corp!
I lived there. It’s pronounced “Missour”. Or more precisely, “Miz-zooor,” with kind of a nasal, Pat Buttram-y twang.
McCain is legally dead. What’s the diff?
If Ronald Reagan were put on the POTUS ballot, he’d probably win too.
I say we send in Michael Steele as provincial mayor. The “dead” mayor talks to God who passed on the information to Michal Steele.
freakishlystrong: As far as I’m concerned, that joke will NEVER get old. It was one of the top 10 greatest comedy moments of the Bush administration. Asscracker’s lovesong to America.
Despite international attention, this hilarious electing of a dead guy hardly received notice in the local press, having been subjugated to the last line of the third paragraph of a story about sparsely attended local elections.
“In Winfield, recently deceased mayor Harry Stonebraker was the top vote getter and Steve Williams and Larry Cudney were elected to the board of aldermen.”
Come on Winfield! Where’s your sense of humor about your beloved dead mayor?
user-of-owls: This brog about poritics?
Change is in the air! Oh, wait, that’s just putrefaction…
NoWireHangers: …now that you posted that, you now must list all 10 of the funniest Bush Admin moments!
NoWireHangers: I concur, it’s also hilairous they voted for a DEAD guy rather than that criminally insane eagle soarin’ mutha’…
I lived in a town in Louisiana that elected pretty much an up and up criminal as mayor. It’s all because election day fell on the start of a popular hunting season (so the men were gone) and a great craft show opened that day, too (so the women were busy). Pretty much, the only folks going to the polls that day were the criminal’s relatives and me and I was outnumbered. I went to the craft show AFTER voting, for goodness sake.
ACORN is not just registering dead people, it is electing them.
loudmouthredhead: No tickee, no commentee!
Come here a minute: Too soon, I guess?
Wow, all of those voters must have grown up with wardrobes consisting solely of Hot Topic merchandise.
user-of-owls: You societies not harmonious!
shanemacgowan: Imagine the hilarious TIME photoshop-ed masterpiece to come out of this story.
they could have elected lady gaga but i’m guessing her bubble suit was a tad controversial. sad face.
user-of-owls: Ha. I can’t conjugate shit and I took Spanish from 7th grade to sophomore year in college.
prophet1195: Um…I think you stumbled into the wrong room.
Didn’t Wayne Newton have a song where he asked “Why must I live in Missouri?”
magic titty: I quit attending Spanish class after my teacher started showing us santeria films - well, plus he wouldn’t let us smoke in class.
magic titty: The reason they elected this guy four times was his principled stand against conjugation outside of marriage.
AngryBlakGuy: In no particular order:
-”Let the Eagle Soar”
- Merkel Massage
- Iraqi Journalist Shoe Throw
- W Falls off Segway
- Cheney Hides in the Bushes During Press Conference
- Various “Bushisms” (There are entire books filled with these)
- W Dances (Africa Edition)
- Barney Attacks Reporter
- W Holds Children’s Book Upside Down on 9/11
- W’s “Mission Accomplished” Jumpsuit Crotch
Tommy Says Soooo, Jugdish!: Missour-ah I can handle. But what’s up with saying “Arkansaw”? Makes no sense at all.
user-of-owls: I figured they were just hankering for another cold one.
Tommy Says Soooo, Jugdish!: When Claire McCaskill ran for Governor of Missouri back in 2004, she made two different sets of campaign commercials: one that ran in St. Louis and Kansas City, in which Missouri was pronounced “Missour-ee”, and one in the rural areas in which the state’s name was pronounced “Missour-uh.” I guess she thought none of the rural folks would recognize the name of the show-me-your-trucknutz state if she pronounced it any other way.
i’ll always love them for hating ashcroft that much.
NoWireHangers: …I’m disappointed that the following didnt make your list:
-”W” trying to exit through a locked door after a press conference
-Bush “choking” on a pretzel and bumping his head(supposedly)
-Bush dodging a question from the press by saying “I thought you were gonna ask about the pig”
NoWireHangers: AngryBlakGuy: “Those WMDs have gotta be around here somewhere!”
AngryBlakGuy: Locked Door and the Helicopter Head Bump should be on there, but with only 10 spots it was a tough call. Top 20 for sure! Any press conference gaffs are covered under Bushisms, hell, there’s no way I’d ever be able to pick out all the moronic things he said over an 8 year period. There aren’t enough hours in the day.
Tommy Says Soooo, Jugdish!: We will change the pronunciation back to “Missoureee” just as soon as you Easterners change the Massachusetts pronuniciation of “Woostah” back to “Wor-chest-ter”.
rev_matt_y: I always wondered why my friends from Missourah called me “last cocks.”
NoWireHangers: YOU FORGOT “CHOKES ON A PRETZIL”. NEVAR FORGET!!!!!111!!!!119111
It’s times like these I’m briefly proud of my native state (although obviously I still avoid it like the plague).
I thought it was pronounced like “misery”. Also.
rev_matt_y: In Missourah, the following place names are pronounced such as, also:
Versailles– Ver-Say-Ulls
Nevada– Neh-vay-duh
Monett– Mon-net
That said, many small Missouri towns have awesome names, including Knob Noster, Cole Camp, Licking, Fort Leonard Wood, Winona, Bernie, Weaubleau, Chilhowee, Conception Junction, and Cabool.
Scottie: Ha!
rev_matt_y: So I’m from Missouri and all - but I left St Louis when I was two and remember nothing.
Here in Virginia we got city names (if you can call them cities) from all over. Paris, Warsaw, Lebanon, Syria, all within a few hours.
Buena Vista is pronounced nothing like a Spanish word. Byu-na Viss-tah. Silly Appalachians…
You forgot Cooter and Knob Lick.