Hackers Elect Futurama’s Bender to the Washington DC School Board [Semi-Sober-Live Thread]

PC World ^ | Mar 2, 2012 11:39 AM | Kevin Lee

[Bender2]

Hackers Elect Futurama’s Bender to the Washington DC School Board

By Kevin Lee, PCWorld
Mar 2, 2012 11:39 AM

Electronic voting has earned a pretty bad reputation for being insecure and completely unreliable. Well, get ready to add another entry to e-voting's list of woes.

One Bender Bending Rodríguez was elected to the 2010 school board in Washington DC. A team of hackers from the University of Michigan got Bender elected as a write-in candidate who stole every vote from the real candidates. Bender, of course, is a cartoon character from the TV series Futurama (and, of course, Free Republic!).

[Bender2]

Forget Super-Tueasday--

Gadzooks! All y'all missed one whale... of a blowout celebrating my victory!

It was touch and go... for awhile--

But I managed... to regain consciousness about an hour ago--

And am ready... to party on some more!

[Bender2]

Y'all have a beer... and congratulate me on my win!

[bIlluminati]

Domo arigato Bender roboto.

[nickcarraway]

Hey, I voted for Morbo...

[Venturer]

It’s the DC school board. Bender is probably the most intelligent one on the board.

[Bender2]

Re: Domo arigato Bender roboto.

"Tempus fugit, bIll... quando bibebat temulentus," to coin a phrase--

[EEGator]

I went with a sleestack

[cripplecreek]

Bender is a capitalist. He’ll put the kids to work and the school will actually produce revenue.

[gogogodzilla]

Morbo?

Pah!!!

General Zod will make *ALL* the inhabitants of planet Houston bow before him, even Morbo... and Chuck Norris.

[cripplecreek]

Wait a minute,

Bender was made in Mexico. Has he showed us his serial number?

[Bender2]

Re: Hey, I voted... for Morbo

Gadzooks, nick. So that's why... I only got 99.999 percent of the vote!

[Bender2]

Re: It’s the DC school board. Bender is probably the most intelligent one on the board.

Well, Ven, aren't you... the wise one!

[Charles Martel]

Bender was made in Mexico. Has he showed us his serial number?

Free the Long Manufacturer's Certificate of Origin!

[tanuki]

Do you remember what your platform was, Bend?

[Bender2]

Re: Bender was made in Mexico. Has he showed us his serial number?

Gadzooks! In the year 3,000, crip... Mexico is part of New New York City, so I am not a wetbot!

And if you want to read my serial number, after I get this stogie going... I'll bend over for ya, so lean in close--

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... pppppppppppppsssssssssssssssss!

Sorry, about that... crip!

[Bender2]

Re: Do you remember what your platform was, Bend?

Simple, tanuki... I'll pocket the school district budget and put all them little school kiddies out for hire--

Gadzooks, I'll... make a killing!

[cripplecreek]

Blow it out your ass wetbot. LOL

[Bender2]

Re: Free the Long Manufacturer's Certificate of Origin!

I covered that, Charles, in my post #15 to crip, but if you want me... to bend over again, lean in real, real close--

[Bender2]

Hey, crip, sorry, but you know what happens when you try to filter several thousand gallons of booze through botbattery antacid... Opps! Did it again!

[ak267]

Here is your campaign slogan:

“YOU CAN BITE MY SHINY METAL ASS!!!!”