Election delays Florida style.
A suicidal squirrel caused delays for early voters when it knocked out power for about 800 customers, including the Indian River County Library and Courthouse.I wonder if anyone will sue the squirrel's estate claiming they were disenfranchised. Don't you just love the Sunshine State?Elections officials say early voting was slowed - but not stopped - at the library on Thursday. Voters were still able to cast their ballots by flashlight.
Officials say a squirrel leaped from a tree onto a power line, causing a fire that tripped an electrical switch, knocking out a power line feeding a section of Vero Beach.
The dead squirrel was found lying on the ground.
Early voting continued as usual after power was restored. It was out for about an hour and a half.
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Squirrel was probably an Ob... (Below threshold)1. Posted by GarandFan | October 31, 2008 10:59 AM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Squirrel was probably an Obama supporter.
1. Posted by GarandFan | October 31, 2008 10:59 AM |
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Posted on October 31, 2008 10:59
2. Posted by hyperbolist | October 31, 2008 11:01 AM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
No, clearly a Naderite.
2. Posted by hyperbolist | October 31, 2008 11:01 AM |
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Posted on October 31, 2008 11:01
3. Posted by NewEnglandDevil | October 31, 2008 12:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Squirrel was an Obama supporter that was thrown onto the powerlines by evilRove.
Speaking of a man who has achieved mythic status...
NED
3. Posted by NewEnglandDevil | October 31, 2008 12:31 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2008 12:31
4. Posted by northwynd | October 31, 2008 12:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Thanks for the laugh, Bill, and hope you're feeling great today!
I think it was an Obama trained squirrel.
His voters will declare afterward that they couldn't see well enough to clearly mark the ballot, and, of course, proObama Republicans couldn't either.
Voila! Disenfranchisement for media fodder.
4. Posted by northwynd | October 31, 2008 12:52 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2008 12:52
5. Posted by Allium | October 31, 2008 1:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Please no one tell me the squirrel was looking for ACORN
5. Posted by Allium | October 31, 2008 1:05 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2008 13:05
6. Posted by Brian The Adequate | October 31, 2008 1:20 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Tommorrows NYT headline:
McCain uses suicide squads to supress voters in Florida
6. Posted by Brian The Adequate | October 31, 2008 1:20 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2008 13:20
7. Posted by epador | October 31, 2008 3:58 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
He was slaughtered by a McCain voter before he could vote. Another newly registered ACORN voter bites the dust. Expect rabid PETA marches at the polling stations nation wide.
7. Posted by epador | October 31, 2008 3:58 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2008 15:58