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occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
#1: Nov 3rd 2010 at 11:12:51 AM

54-40

At least voters in Long Beach saw sense.

Dumbo
Landstander God Of Cake from Somewhere else Since: Jan, 2001
God Of Cake
#2: Nov 3rd 2010 at 11:21:07 AM

Pah, they're just copying Missouri!

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Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
#4: Nov 3rd 2010 at 12:37:13 PM

Well, they might just be really Liberal and decided to wait for the Special Election rather then vote for someone they didn't want. That's what I had assumed.

Dumbo
Rottweiler Dog and Pony Show from Portland, Oregon Since: Dec, 2009
Dog and Pony Show
#5: Nov 3rd 2010 at 1:12:57 PM

Why does there have to be a special election when a dead person is elected? I'd rather have a Democrat's corpse in the Senate than a live lawmaker of either party.

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rjung He's just some guy, you know? from Fifth and Main (Five Year Plan) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
He's just some guy, you know?
#6: Nov 3rd 2010 at 1:26:42 PM

A corpse is smarter than Stammreich, at any rate.

—R.J.

Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#7: Nov 3rd 2010 at 5:12:26 PM

Having a rotting corpse in the room could make Senate sessions very short. Short and to the point. And therefore potentially productive, with both sides working together so they can get things done ASAP to get away from the bloating, stinking dead woman.

...let's keep her as Senator.

Rottweiler Dog and Pony Show from Portland, Oregon Since: Dec, 2009
Dog and Pony Show
#8: Nov 3rd 2010 at 6:39:08 PM

^ Exactly! She'd bring more to the Senate than anyone else there.

“Love is the eternal law whereby the universe was created and is ruled.” — St. Bernard
TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#9: Nov 3rd 2010 at 11:17:42 PM

"My fellow senators, I'd like to read to you the Maryland phone book... oh. Oh, god the smell. I move to vote."

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#10: Nov 4th 2010 at 12:01:33 AM

Bur and T Paradox win this thread.

Drakyndra Her with the hat from Somewhere Since: Jan, 2001
Her with the hat
#11: Nov 4th 2010 at 2:04:12 AM

Oh Politics.

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spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#12: Nov 4th 2010 at 3:43:18 AM

I'd rather have a Democrat's corpse in the Senate than a live lawmaker of either party.

EldritchBlueRose The Puzzler from A Really Red Room Since: Apr, 2010
The Puzzler
#13: Nov 4th 2010 at 6:37:19 AM

Hey we certainly need the zombie demographic represented in our government, so why not?tongue

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#14: Nov 4th 2010 at 9:53:48 AM

Too bad Christine O'Donnell didn't win. As a doppelganger she could have been the first non-human humanoid to win federal elected office.

Zephid Since: Jan, 2001
#15: Nov 4th 2010 at 10:12:32 AM

I'm getting tired of this. All the "founding fathers" rhetoric of the recent Age, plus the American people's insistent commitment to electing the dead, suggests to me that we should amend the Constitution so that we enact, as a Republic, a representative necrodemocracy. Necrodemocratic government eschews all the virtues of good old biodemocracies without the vices of moneyed interest and political corruption (unless rotting becomes illegal).

Face the future, people! We have long thought of democracy as the worst form of government in the world save for all the others. Now we have found a form of government better than the worst except for all the others! It's the next inevitable phase.

I'm with Lewis Black on this: we should elect dead people. If nothing else, it will bring some sanity to our political discourse.

edited 4th Nov '10 10:14:12 AM by Zephid

I wrote about a fish turning into the moon.
Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#16: Nov 4th 2010 at 10:15:39 AM

Necrodemocracy. ...I like that word. I want to use it in a book. And write about a necrodemocratic nation.

Oh hey look it's Na No Wri Mo time...

randomtropeloser Since: Jan, 2001
#17: Nov 4th 2010 at 1:07:34 PM

They should make a law that only dead people can run for senate. Seriously, just think of all the money we'd save.

Funnyguts Since: Sep, 2010
#18: Nov 4th 2010 at 1:24:21 PM

^Except the dead people would never vote to lower their paychecks, so we'd keep spending the same amount on them.

edited 4th Nov '10 1:24:34 PM by Funnyguts

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#19: Nov 4th 2010 at 1:26:46 PM

^ Gives new meaning to the term "death tax".

Zephid Since: Jan, 2001
#20: Nov 4th 2010 at 1:28:45 PM

Except the dead people would never vote to lower their paychecks, so we'd keep spending the same amount on them.
On the other hand, elected officials in a necrodemocratic government would never vote to raise their paychecks. So, this problem smooths itself out in a few generations.

edited 4th Nov '10 1:29:11 PM by Zephid

I wrote about a fish turning into the moon.
SirPsychoSexy The Sensui Fan from Texas Panhandle Since: Jan, 2010
The Sensui Fan
#21: Nov 4th 2010 at 1:49:07 PM

Hey we certainly need the zombie demographic represented in our government, so why not?

At least (unlike some other people) they know where to find some BRAAAIIIINNNNSSS...

Heaven doesn't want me, and Hell's afraid I'll take over.
CodyTheHeadlessBoy The Great One from Parts Unknown Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
The Great One
#22: Nov 5th 2010 at 3:45:58 AM

I've heard this has actually happened quite a few times in elections. It really makes you start wondering.

edited 5th Nov '10 3:48:03 AM by CodyTheHeadlessBoy

"If everybody is thinking alike, somebody isn't thinking"- George S. Patton
Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#23: Nov 5th 2010 at 7:13:10 AM

That just shows you how much influence the dead demographic has.

spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#24: Nov 5th 2010 at 10:46:48 AM

Agreed. It's discrimination to not allow them to be represented.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#25: Nov 6th 2010 at 8:13:27 AM

Reminds me of as Robin Williams put it, Missouri voters went to John ashcroft and were liek 'I'm sorry john, but the dead man scares me less than you do"

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