Georgians Vote for ‘My Neighbors Cat’ and ‘Albus Dumbledore’ over Anti-Science Congressman

http://gawker.com/5959174/georgia-voters-vote-for-my-neighbors-cat-and-burning-bag-of-dogshit-over-anti+science-congressman

Nov. 9, 2012
Max Read

As we wrote last night, dead Englishman Charles Darwin received some 4,000 write-in votes in the race for Georgia's tenth congressional district, owing to the anti-science statements of his, uh, opponent, Republican Rep. Paul Broun. But Darwin wasn't the only write-in candidate! Local Athens publication Flagpole has a list of all the write-in candidates. And basically every single one would make a better candidate than Paul Broun, including, for example, "ANY NON-INSANE INDIVIDUAL":

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http://flagpole.com/news/2012/nov/08/loop/

By Blake Aued
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Almost 4,000 Athens voters wrote in Charles Darwin (or some variation thereof) against U.S Rep. Paul Broun, giving the father of evolution 16 percent of the vote, according to a list of write-in votes the Athens-Clarke Board of Elections released this morning.

#Broun was unopposed, but his comments about science at a Hartwell Baptist church in September upset many voters, leading to a campaign to write in Darwin.

#Neither Democrats nor more moderate Republicans have had any success against Broun, losing by 20-40 points in past elections. But Clarke County Democratic Committee Chairman Joe Wisenbaker says the party will "absolutely" field a candidate in 2014. "What we're talking about doing is finding a well-qualified candidate who's willing to change their name to Charles Darwin," he joked.

#Overall, 6,773 people cast write-in votes in the 10th Congressional District race, including about 3,829 votes for Darwin. Another 23,592 people skipped over the race entirely. Only 42 percent of Athenians who voted pressed the button for Broun.

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The write-in votes were a hodgepodge of hundreds of often-misspelled real local residents, celebrities, fictional characters, inanimate objects and abstract concepts. A few examples: Bacon, Batman, Bertis Downs, Beyonce, Big Bird, Bill Nye, Brian Brodrick, Burning Bag of Dog Shit, Captain Jack Sparrow, "Carl" Marx, Darth Vader, Democrote, Doc Eldridge, Doritos, Doug McKillip, George Bush, Guy Fawkes, Gwen O'Looney, Jarvis Jones, Jay-Z, Hugh Acheson, Led Zeppelin, Michael Stipe, Randy Macho Man Savage, Ron Paul, Russell Edwards, Satan, Science, Spongebob, Stephen Colbert, Taylor Swift, Vermin Supreme, Yoda, Zelda and Zell Miller.

#And, of course, that perennial write-in favorite, Mickey Mouse. Click here to see all 371 pages of write-in votes.


http://flagpole.com/news/2012/oct/05/loop/

By Blake Aued
Friday, October 5, 2012

Talking Points Memo unearthed a video of U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Athens, speaking at a sportsmen's banquet—in front of what appears to be every deer head ever—at Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell. He says scientists are Satan's minions.

#“All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell,” Broun said. “And it’s lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior.”

#According to Broun, the scientific plot was primarily concerned with hiding the true age of the Earth...

#“You see, there are a lot of scientific data that I’ve found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young Earth,” he said. “I don’t believe that the Earth’s but about 9,000 years old. I believe it was created in six days as we know them. That’s what the Bible says.”


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