we would if we could

October 8, 2004 8:16 AM

GlobalVote2004what would the rest of the world vote for if they could? GlobalVote2004 aims to find out, all non US citizens can pick their choice for President of the USA.
posted by dabitch (10 comments total)

Woo hoo! Now I too can have my vote for US President not counted!
posted by Quartermass at 8:47 AM on October 8, 2004

Hey, Quartermass, just like Americans because of the way the primaries and the electorate are set up!
posted by bakiwop at 8:59 AM on October 8, 2004

Wow! I'm using an exclamation point!
posted by Outlawyr at 9:32 AM on October 8, 2004

Hey! This is incredibly unfair. As an American, I demand my vote in the Eurovision Song Contest!
posted by Sidhedevil at 9:50 AM on October 8, 2004

Ladies and gentlemen, the results of AmeriVote2004 are in, and the following non-binding resolutions for the rest of the world have been approved:

France: Stop making fun of us when we try to speak French.

Spain: Get rid of the tacky English tourists so we can enjoy your beautiful country without looking at shirtless lager louts everywhere we go.

Portugal: Who are you, anyway?

Germany: Don't think we haven't forgotten the war. But you do make nice cars.

Scandinavia: No, this is for all of you. We know you think you have separate countries up there, but we really can't be bothered. Newsflash to Scandinavia: the real countries think you're silly. And if you were half as morally superior as you claim, you wouldn't have the highest suicide rate in the world.

Switzerland: We know what you're up to. But if you keep sending us chocolate and watches, we might keep forgetting to do anything about it.
posted by Sidhedevil at 9:55 AM on October 8, 2004

How'd Nader get on the international ballot? And where's the damned write-in?

I demand to be able to vote for Harvey the Rabbit!
posted by fenriq at 10:12 AM on October 8, 2004

I demand to be able to vote for Harvey the Rabbit!

Don't you mean Bernd?
posted by linux at 10:48 AM on October 8, 2004

I see they have this listed in the Your Country drop down list: Taiwan, Province of China.

WTF GlobalVote2004???

Bunch of ChiCom sympathizers...
posted by gyc at 11:20 AM on October 8, 2004

Wee, that was fun. I suspect it's probably more secure with better audit paths than Diebold's system too.
posted by sycophant at 5:27 PM on October 8, 2004

I'm loving this thread, laughed out loud like a lunatic scaring my colleagues

The Benrik folks behind this boast that the result will be communicated to the US media 48 hours before the real vote and will no doubt swing it!. Uh-huh, yeah.. right.
posted by dabitch at 7:52 AM on October 9, 2004