New York election mixup: 'Osama' on ballot

[Plant City Rebel]

So, do we think this is a Freudian slip or what?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27122742/?GT1=43001

[J. J.]

The interesting thing is the number of Democrats who missed it.

[Lunar]

I made a thread about this, but most likely it was one of the editors who did the triple-checking late in the process who inserted the mistake.  We don't know if the last person to see the ballot was a (D) or (R).

[Mr.Jones]

The words "B" and "S" are too far apart for a typo. This was a deliberate ploy to confuse general electorate to think Obama is related to Osama.

Fact is if any US politician is related to the Osama family, it is the Bush family who have connections with the Osama family doing oil business together.

What is the relationship between the bin Laden family and the Bush family?  George Bush senior has been a houseguest of the bin Ladens when he visited Saudi Arabia. Not only that, the bin Laden family was heavily invested in the Washington based Carlisle Group with huge interests in defense contracting. The names that crop up in connection with the Carlisle Group are George Bush senior, James Baker, and former British Prime Minister John Major. The chairman of the Carlisle Group is Frank Carlucci, a former Secretary of Defense, and associate of Donald Rumsfeld. There are too many connections to be overlooked.

Source: http://www.wordsasweapons.com/warconnections.htm

[Senator Ben]

The words "B" and "S" are too far apart for a typo. This was a deliberate ploy to confuse general electorate to think Obama is related to Osama.

Fact is if any US politician is related to the Osama family, it is the Bush family who have connections with the Osama family doing oil business together.

What is the relationship between the bin Laden family and the Bush family?  George Bush senior has been a houseguest of the bin Ladens when he visited Saudi Arabia. Not only that, the bin Laden family was heavily invested in the Washington based Carlisle Group with huge interests in defense contracting. The names that crop up in connection with the Carlisle Group are George Bush senior, James Baker, and former British Prime Minister John Major. The chairman of the Carlisle Group is Frank Carlucci, a former Secretary of Defense, and associate of Donald Rumsfeld. There are too many connections to be overlooked.

Source: http://www.wordsasweapons.com/warconnections.htm

Oh shut up

[cinyc]

I made a thread about this, but most likely it was one of the editors who did the triple-checking late in the process who inserted the mistake.  We don't know if the last person to see the ballot was a (D) or (R).

I still want to know whether they got Obama's name right on the Working Families line.  Since nobody has said it was Osama on that line too, I assume that they got it right.  If they did, it was probably an honest mistake.

As I said before, the B is not near the S, but the A is right next to it.  And distorted faxes can make b look like s .  It's still unacceptable - but since the County Boards of Election are made up of a Democrat and Republican, it likely wasn't political.