Barack 'Osama' on Rensselaer County ballots

Times Union ^ | 10/10/2008 | BOB GARDINIER

[Tatze]

Oops!

[livius]

Ooops indeed. I wonder what Dem operative was behind this one? They’re doing everything they can to get the election halted by launching preemptive strikes on the process.

Some of Barry’s fans also suggested that it might be good if he actually started early and took over right after the election. So I guess they’re pretty confident about either getting it, or having things in such a state of confusion that they will be able to take over the government in any case.

[Yo-Yo]

But even the county Democratic election commissioner is apologizing for what he calls a terrible mistake.

Butterfly ballots: Democratic election commissioner.
Hanging Chads: Democratic election commissioner.
"Osama" on the ballot: Democratic election commissioner.

Yet Republicans always are at fault.

[ncfool]

Obama or Osama. They both want to destroy America!

[BornToBeAmerican]

‘’This was a typo,’’ said Republican Commissioner Larry Bugbee. ‘’We have three different staff members who proof these things and somehow the typo got by us.’’

Heck, it would get past me too! But not because of the typo

[SwinneySwitch]

Teddy Kennedy (D) had some verbal slips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APx2YJ-_jos

[ncfool]

Teddy had it all right

[Travis T. OJustice]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[stylin19a]

So far three people have called to point it out, he said. Those people will get new ballots sent to them.

only the 3 ? or the 300.

If it's only 3 and the other 297 send 'em back with Osama checked...will they count ?

[jmaroneps37]

Funny stuff, It feels good to laugh at this point.

[6SJ7]

That’s not a misspelling, it’s truth in advertising.

[Tax-chick]

There is a Republican Commissioner as well.

I think this is hysterical. I’ll bet it’s a conspiracy among the clerical employees, such as the typesetter and the proofreader. We used to do that kind of stuff when I was a typist (although not usually for publication ;-).

[Notwithstanding]

The truth conquers all.

[dforest]

Don’t worry, the people that vote for Obama ought to be even happier voting for Osama.

[PleaseNoMore]

The “s” and “b” keys are not even close on a keyboard. Someone was either intentionally doing this to screw it up, or someone was typing what their subconcious was thinking.

[Bob]

Obama or Osama. They both want to destroy America!

They also both have friends who bombed the Pentagon.

[SERKIT]

Both have “ties” to Ayers ;-)

[Bob]

The “s” and “b” keys are not even close on a keyboard. Someone was either intentionally doing this to screw it up, or someone was typing what their subconcious was thinking.

If I'm not mistaken, it could also been that someone accepted a correction made by a spell-checker. I've seen a couple of instances where the suggestion of "Osama" was made to replace "Obama". :=)

[Grams A]

Computer spellcheck at fault? Interesting observation and probably closer to the truth than blaming Freud. The ability to spell or make change without a computer is no longer taught. The English language, however, is a little more complicated than just using spell check. Simple words such as to, too or two, all pass spell check but in something like a legal document could have unintended results should the incorrect one be selected. Which leads me to be more concerned about a BO proposal to “CHANGE” the basic English language to one which is more “user friendly”.

[OrioleFan]

It should said “Barak Hussein Obama”