Bush win re-election

Boing Boing ^ | 9 Oct 2004 | Finalapproach29er

[Finalapproach29er]

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Thursday, October 7, 2004 TV station reports that Bush has been elected President WBAY TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin is running an AP article reporting that Bush has won the election, weeks before the election is to take place. (Click image for enlargement." At this hour, President Bush has won re-election as president by a 47 percent to 43 percent margin in the popular vote nationwide. Ralph Nader has 1 percent of the vote nationwide. That's with 51 percent of the precincts reporting.

Link (Thanks, Ian Meyer!) UPDATE: Satirista sez "AP is now saying the article was a "test article" (WTF?) that was "inadvertently" picked up by WBAY. Now, I've been a freelance writer/journalist for quite awhile, as have you, but I've never heard of writing "test articles" in advance, other than advance obituaries for celebrities

[Finalapproach29er]

Read the whole thig. AP sends a response to the salty e-mail. This may start the conspiracy groups a talking; Bush has given out the marching orders!!! LOL

[BenLurkin]

Needs wood . . .

[Finalapproach29er]

Sorry about the typo's

[Se7eN]

Very nice. Bush won and I can't wait to get drafted!

[The Hollywood Conservative]

I think a couple of these floated in 2000 before the elction... They were for Gore though...

[The KG9 Kid]

I think we better volunteer now before we get drafted.

[Semper Paratus]

President Bush has won re-election as president by a 47 percent to 43 percent margin in the popular vote nationwide. Ralph Nader has 1 percent of the vote nationwide.

What happened to 9% of the voters?

[Finalapproach29er]

If you click the link, AP explains the process they use.

It's at bottom of the link page. Worth the look.

[LS]

yah, this is too low. MINIMUM 51%

[dubyas_vision]

Obviously, the time-traveling journalist came back and accidentally wrote the article prematurely.

/sarcasm

[My Favorite Headache]

LMFAO

[sittnick]

Dear WBay Staff; You've made your station a laughing stock, so I suggest explanation far more detailed than "our apologies", unless you want to be classified with Fox News as a propogandist joke. ---- You will notice in this "response," that the writer (who I imagine works in journalism) does not know that call letters are always capitalized, nor does he know how to spell "propagandist." A plurality of the great unwashed masses (most of whom can spell "propagandist") do not consider Fox News any more a joke than the big three and their cable counterparts.

[Finalapproach29er]

Yep,that caught my eye. LOL. A "journalist" who isn't a FOX fan-what are the odds?

[The_Victor]

Welcome to Free Republic. It's the democRATs who are trying to reinstate the draft, so if I'm to take you at your word (can't wait to get drafted), then you should vote for Kerry.

[RockinRight]

Is it just me or does Ketchup boy look about 70 years old in this picture?

Needs some Botox...

[RockinRight]

What is this? I don't get this.

[rejoicing]

IS WOOD!!!!

[nmh]

He's a pampas *ss pushing a very liberal agenda.

[Finalapproach29er]

Its a "test" story put out by the AP. Find the link and read near the bottom of the page.

[Gimme]

"It's the democRATs who are trying to reinstate the draft"


Democrat Rangle who drew up that bill and who later voted against his own bill. Disgusting Democrat political ploy.