…and this is a 
Once you've voted in the poll that matters, you can go play on this Online Presidential Poll. I'm pretty sure the results won't be binding, so you can vote for me or Immanuel Kant (wait, what? He left off Nietzsche?)
| John McCain | 4% | 8 |
| Barack Obama | 17% | 35 |
| Rev. Jeremiah Wright | 2% | 4 |
| William Ayers | 1% | 2 |
| Sarah Palin | 0% | 0 |
| A Moose | 4% | 8 |
| PZ Myers, aka, "Pharyngula" | 2% | 5 |
| Glenn Reynolds, aka, "InstaIgnorance" | 0% | 0 |
| Immanuel Kant | 12% | 26 |
| Any member of the PGR Advisory Board | 0% | 1 |
| Any member of the Texas Taliban | 0% | 1 |
| Jason Stanley | 4% | 9 |
| Paul Krugman, Nobel Laureate | 9% | 19 |
| Gary Becker, Nobel Laureate | 3% | 6 |
| Saul Kripke, Schock Prize Winner | 5% | 11 |
| The Anonymous Proprietor of the Now Defunct "Dadahead" Blog | 0% | 1 |
| Stephen Colbert | 10% | 21 |
| Ali G. | 4% | 9 |
| A Philosopher Named Cohen (G.A., Joshua, or Stewart) | 11% | 22 |
| Any Four-Dimensionalist | 10% | 21 |
I am troubled that I am being trounced by a moose, but at least I'm beating Palin.
Comments
Posted by: Ericka | November 4, 2008 12:52 PM
I'm all tied in knots today. I'm not going to be able to go to sleep if they don't have an answer for who's won...
Posted by: Coturnix | November 4, 2008 12:52 PM
I was the #5 for you, PZ.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 12:53 PM
Moose for the win.
Posted by: Ted Dahlberg | November 4, 2008 12:55 PM
Ahead of the moose now. I will admit I was tempted to vote for the moose, but I was a bit worried by its record on foreign policy even though it was substantially better than Palin's.
Posted by: Glen Davidson | November 4, 2008 1:00 PM
I wanted to vote for Chuck Norris, but I realized he's not on there because, if he wants it, he just takes it.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Posted by: SEF | November 4, 2008 1:01 PM
Wot no Allosaurus? It could eat the moose.
No time-lords either unless "Any Four-Dimensionalist" counts.
How about the Harper Valley PTA? ;-)
Posted by: Nerd of Redhead | November 4, 2008 1:02 PM
PZ is almost tied with Obama. Well ahead of the moose.
Posted by: scooter | November 4, 2008 1:06 PM
Unlike my vote in Texas, this one actually counted, PZ passes Obama, the flecked ilk strikes again!!
Posted by: will Oak | November 4, 2008 1:07 PM
Sorry PZ, but I had to vote for Stephen Colbert. I would support you for the veepstakes* though! I am a citizen of the Colbert Nation first and foremost. Although I must admit, I would welcome the cephalod overlords with great pleasure!
*How I HATE this word and can't wait for it to go away forever
Posted by: Russell | November 4, 2008 1:07 PM
Hey, where's Joe the plumber?
Posted by: Paper Hand | November 4, 2008 1:09 PM
You're in the lead now! Didn't take very long at all.
PZ Meyers - 24%
Barack Obama - 15%
Stephen Colbert - 10%
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 1:11 PM
Moose - 5%
Posted by: Jeeves | November 4, 2008 1:13 PM
I, too, am a part of the Colbert Nation. But I'm sure there would be a cabinet position for PZ. Also, if Kant can be a viable candidate, why not P.G. Wodehouse? If nothing else, it would be the funniest four years of your life.
Posted by: AJ Milne | November 4, 2008 1:14 PM
Hey, where's Joe the plumber?
John? Is that you?
Give it up. He's not coming...
Also, the rally's over.
Posted by: Daniel R | November 4, 2008 1:20 PM
PZ 30%
Barack 14%
Posted by: Brian Leiter | November 4, 2008 1:23 PM
Com'on guys, this was a scientific effort to gauge sentiment among philosophers! So PZ has now beaten the moose, lay off!
I would have included Nietzsche, but I fear he might be a divisive candidate. We need a uniter like you or Kant.
Posted by: Eamon Knight | November 4, 2008 1:23 PM
Being Canadian, I voted for the moose. Nice to see it's beating Sarah Palin.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 1:27 PM
Notwithstanding the pronouncements of the main stream media and those pundits here, the Moose's campaign is strong and we are confident that when this contest is over will emerge as the Victor despite the vice-presidential pick of squirrel.
Posted by: Alex | November 4, 2008 1:28 PM
Why wasn't Thomas Friedman on the ballot? or Fareed Zakaria? :(
Posted by: Chris R | November 4, 2008 1:32 PM
Sorry, PZ. Four-Dimensonalists need a voice too.
Posted by: SASnSA | November 4, 2008 1:35 PM
Gave you a boost, but I don't think you really had anything to worry about, Palin would have shot the moose anyway. :)
Posted by: Jello | November 4, 2008 1:35 PM
I note with mild ammusmanet that Biden is not on the list. I note this because it will be nice to have an ordinary vice president again that nobody cares about because he's not trying to f*** us over (hopefully).
Posted by: JackC | November 4, 2008 1:37 PM
Too many choices. At mid day, strip the ballot to the three or five front runners and have a runoff!
PZ for Prez - Drag him in kicking and screaming!
JC
Posted by: juhan | November 4, 2008 1:37 PM
done.
Posted by: meh1963 | November 4, 2008 1:38 PM
I am troubled that I am being trounced by a moose, but at least I'm beating Palin.
A Møøse once bit my sister ...
(a statement from a Palin far more intelligent than Sarah...)
Posted by: Tim Fuller | November 4, 2008 1:39 PM
Who I voted for:
http://tinyurl.com/6qkz3q
Enjoy.
Posted by: Irene Delse | November 4, 2008 1:39 PM
I cast my vote for Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and sci-fi fan, what's not to like?
Posted by: Jefe | November 4, 2008 1:40 PM
As a Canadian, I feel compelled to vote "Moose".
Posted by: Marc Abian | November 4, 2008 1:41 PM
I was begining to feel left out. At least I can vote in one election today.
Posted by: Boris Badenov | November 4, 2008 1:44 PM
a vote for moose is a vote for trouble
Posted by: Natasha Fatale | November 4, 2008 1:46 PM
Yes vote for da moose!
Posted by: JB | November 4, 2008 1:48 PM
How can you people vote for "Moose"?! Haven't you heard? He's been seen palling around with "Bear". And we all know that bears are a threat to national security.
Posted by: Blake Stacey | November 4, 2008 1:49 PM
Kant? I hear he was a real pissant. Very rarely stable.
Posted by: Boris Badenov | November 4, 2008 1:49 PM
Raskolnikov!!!!!!!!
Natasha, shaddap you mouth.
You busy-bodies have busied your last body.
Vote against moose.
Posted by: Paper Hand | November 4, 2008 1:50 PM
Heh, now Bill Ayers is ahead of McCain!
Posted by: GPPlascencia | November 4, 2008 1:51 PM
Well, at least Phill Plait is not in this poll... imagine how PZ would feel if he was behind the Bad Astronomer! :)
Posted by: Qwerty | November 4, 2008 1:51 PM
I voted for Moose. After all, the moose dealt with Boris and Natasha.
Natasha: (Thick Russian accent.) Boris, we must get squirrel and moose before they are elected to US presidency.
Boris: (With thicker Russian accent.) I have a plan.
Announcer: Little did the voters of Frostbite Falls know...
Posted by: Carlie | November 4, 2008 1:52 PM
Hm, don't even need to clear out cookies to vote again and have it count. Not that I know this from direct experience.
Posted by: jj | November 4, 2008 1:58 PM
41% for PZ!
Posted by: Paper Hand | November 4, 2008 1:58 PM
Really? I got a "Sorry, you've already voted!" message ...
Posted by: Shaden Freud | November 4, 2008 2:01 PM
Uh oh, time for McCain to pull a "double maverick."
Posted by: Hermanito | November 4, 2008 2:07 PM
After the well-known slashdot effect on websites, there is now a similar Pharyngula-effect ;-)
This poll has been pharyngulated! PZ, get ready to move in to the Whitehouse ;-)
Posted by: ggab | November 4, 2008 2:10 PM
According to the new McCain ads PZ pals around with atheists, and rumor has it, Obama's mother had sex with a black man.
I think we can trust them on this.
Posted by: Mikael Hiort af Ornäs | November 4, 2008 2:10 PM
I'm not sure that Immanuel Kant would be such a good president, certainly not if he enforced the categorical imperative on all issues. So, I went with the only safe option: Any four-dimensional. That way I'm pretty sure that my candidate will win in at least one of the parallel universes :)
Posted by: «bønez_brigade» | November 4, 2008 2:13 PM
I was a bit of a traitor and voted for Ali G. I mean, he did con Kent Hovind into being on his show, y'know...
Posted by: SC | November 4, 2008 2:13 PM
Had to go with the moose (now at 6%) - no offense to you personally.
Choose the Moose! ¡Alce sí!
Posted by: co | November 4, 2008 2:13 PM
Nietzsche divisive?
College Bans Nietzsche Quote on Prof's Door
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/11/04/nietzsche
Posted by: Bob L | November 4, 2008 2:13 PM
Aye my tentacled master, I hear and obey. PZ for president! 43%!
Posted by: Nerd of Redhead | November 4, 2008 2:18 PM
I voted for the moose earlier, since I figured that PZ didn't really want the job. Which actually makes him a good candidate.
Posted by: Robert W | November 4, 2008 2:20 PM
Looks like you're doing pretty well now, PZ!
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 2:23 PM
The Moose campain wants to remind you that a vote for Moose is a vote against marshweed.
Posted by: Didac | November 4, 2008 2:24 PM
This time Pharyngulization has gone too far. Seriously.
(NB: I voted for Ayers).
Posted by: Ouchimoo | November 4, 2008 2:28 PM
OH PZ you're winning by 44%!
But alas, I voted for Stephen Colbert.
Posted by: Peter McKellar | November 4, 2008 2:29 PM
44% and 517 votes.
Posted by: Mikael Hiort af Ornäs | November 4, 2008 2:31 PM
You need to ask yourself: "Who would I want to answer the phone, when I make a prank call at 3 a.m.?"
Posted by: Alan C | November 4, 2008 2:37 PM
Who is PZ's running mate?
Posted by: Jadehawk | November 4, 2008 2:39 PM
I voted for Moose. His political record is impeccable. and he's cute.
Posted by: Jello | November 4, 2008 2:39 PM
PZ does not need a running mate for PZ can never die, only evolve.
Posted by: jimellismusic | November 4, 2008 2:41 PM
"Nietzsche, Nietzsche,
He's our man...
If he can't do it,
Immanuel Kant!"
I love this blog.
jim
Posted by: Boomer | November 4, 2008 2:46 PM
No Kucinich, no vote from me.
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin | November 4, 2008 2:50 PM
At this point, I would have voted for
"Anyone who thinks young earth creationism is foolish"
Posted by: Tim H | November 4, 2008 2:50 PM
I really felt I couldn't vote for the moose without knowing precisely WHICH moose I was voting for. Individual character matters- I don't like generic candidates. And if you're not careful, you might end up electing a Russian moose. (I'm not using McCarthy-ite or Dole-ite scare tactics, as it is well known that Russian mooses abandoned their short-lived flirtation with communism 40 years ago. I just don't like their present position on borscht subsidies.)
Posted by: Reginald Selkirk | November 4, 2008 2:51 PM
Sorry, Stephen Colbert was also on the ballot.
Posted by: chuckgoecke | November 4, 2008 2:53 PM
I voted early and I think i f'd up and voted for the wrong person. Now I'm scared: http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/a_vote_for_my_husband_is_a_vote?utm_source=EMTF_Onion
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 2:54 PM
Vote for Moose. We won't boreal you!
Posted by: Hai~Ren | November 4, 2008 2:56 PM
Imagine if the moose in question was Lumpy from Happy Tree Friends...
Posted by: S.Scott | November 4, 2008 2:59 PM
I clicked on your bullet PZ but it kept jumping up one to the Moose!
Posted by: Tophe | November 4, 2008 2:59 PM
Drat, #25 beat me to it...
:D
Posted by: marty | November 4, 2008 3:03 PM
And now that P-Zed is soundly in front, I suggest the rest of you vote for Colbert--that way, if HE wins, PZ might get a mention on the show.
Posted by: Nerd of Redhead | November 4, 2008 3:06 PM
Then PZ could raise his speaking fees. Win-Win.Posted by: trog69 | November 4, 2008 3:09 PM
My vote moved the stat for total votes for PZ at 666. Perfecto!
Posted by: Jason A. | November 4, 2008 3:09 PM
"any four dimensionalist" includes Ziltoid the Omniscient, right?
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 3:10 PM
A vote for Moose is a vote for you
Posted by: co | November 4, 2008 3:12 PM
Excellent suggestion, Marty!
Posted by: Arno | November 4, 2008 3:14 PM
You're winning! I think Obama can not possibly go around this result. McCain could, if he would win that other election, obviously ;-)
Posted by: Bob of QF | November 4, 2008 3:14 PM
I really wanted to vote for ERV, cause she's hawt...
So I settled for PZ.
Posted by: Omar Ali | November 4, 2008 3:15 PM
FIRST RESULTS (which do not actually count in the electoral college) are in:
Obama has won the territory of Guam (West of the dateline, so one day ahead of the rest of the country).
Obama 62%
McCain 37%
Barr 0.65% (212 votes out of 32,272)
This territory voted 2-1 for Bush in 2004( maybe because of a lot of military people living there?).
I think it will be a landslide.
I was volunteering for a couple of hours this morning and we were getting out the vote in a lower-middle class African American neighbourhood in Milwaukee. Almost every house we went to, the adults had already voted. AND they thanked us profusely for taking the trouble to walk around their neighbourhood and the "Bless yous" would have melted your heart. Wisconsin for Obama by close to ten points....I have never seen such grass roots enthusiasm in an American election.
Posted by: Ron Cauble | November 4, 2008 3:22 PM
I vote for any science blogger who sticks to science!
Posted by: HennepinCountyLawyer | November 4, 2008 3:24 PM
The surprisingly strong showing of Immanuel Kant clearlly shows that attack ads can backfire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M-cmNdiFuI
Posted by: Patricia | November 4, 2008 3:24 PM
677 for PZ. He's kickin' ass.
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | November 4, 2008 3:31 PM
Another vote for A Moose.
Because, y'know, why not?
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 3:33 PM
Moose - 117 votes 7%
up from 5%. You can not stop the Moose Talk Express.
Posted by: LarryT | November 4, 2008 3:37 PM
Had to vote for Da Moose
Posted by: Epinephrine | November 4, 2008 3:39 PM
I assumed the link would be to verse calling him "very rarely stable," and slanderously referring to him as a "real pissant."
Posted by: Valis | November 4, 2008 3:40 PM
A vote for the Moose is a vote for...err, um I got nothing. Voted Moose anyway.
Posted by: SC | November 4, 2008 3:44 PM
THERE'S NO EXCUSE NOT TO VOTE FOR THE MOOSE!
Posted by: A MØØSE | November 4, 2008 3:44 PM
Thank Yøu. Thank yøu all før vøting før me!
Änd yes, it was me whø bit yøur sistër. :)
Posted by: Glen Davidson | November 4, 2008 3:45 PM
A vote for Moose is another vote against Anne Elk.
And you know, Miss Elk nailed that brontosaurus thingy.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Posted by: Scholar | November 4, 2008 3:54 PM
Vote for Ali. G... aka BORAT
He has foreign policy experience! Sexy time!
Posted by: Arthur | November 4, 2008 3:59 PM
I agree with marty (#69). It would be best if the race is really close. If we get lucky, Stephen might even put PZ on his hate list (sorry, I don't remember the technical term).
Posted by: Nentuaby | November 4, 2008 4:00 PM
Sorry, PZ. I voted for the moose. It's time to stop figuratively voting for the dominant male with the biggest antlers.
Posted by: terrylong | November 4, 2008 4:01 PM
Total OT but way interesting.
ScienceDaily (Nov. 4, 2008) -- A team led by a Montana State University professor has found a fungus that produces a new type of diesel fuel, which they say holds great promise. Calling the fungus' output "myco-diesel," Gary Strobel and his collaborators describe their initial observations in the November issue of Microbiology.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192319.htm
Posted by: Varlo | November 4, 2008 4:03 PM
Since there was noi way to write in Dr. Kervorkian's name, I had to go with the moose. I can only hope it is a well-armed Alaskan moose with a nasty temper when shot at.
Posted by: Nentuaby | November 4, 2008 4:04 PM
Threatdown.
Posted by: Mikael Hiort af Ornäs | November 4, 2008 4:07 PM
@#92: Yeah, I saw that. The "novel fungus" though was described as Penicillium roseum by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1816, and got its current name, Clonostachys rosea f. rosea, in 1999. Gliocladium roseum is a homologue name.
Posted by: daveau | November 4, 2008 4:09 PM
When Colbert gets hold of this and possibly puts it on the air, the Nation will absolutely crush the heretofore undefeated PZ minions. But I bet someone could change this result by editing a couple of Wikipedia entries. Just sayin'.
Posted by: SC | November 4, 2008 4:11 PM
On Notice and Dead to Me boards.
Posted by: gruggach | November 4, 2008 4:22 PM
#87 and #88 had perfect timing. Yay for Pythonesque synchronicity!
Posted by: Kristjan Wager | November 4, 2008 4:28 PM
Shit. This is embarrassing. I hadn't noticed that Krugman had won the Nobel prize in Economics, until I saw this list.
Man, I gotta read more news...
Posted by: skepsci | November 4, 2008 4:35 PM
Sorry, Dr. Myers, but my vote matters, and I think Obama would make a better president than you.
Posted by: Ray | November 4, 2008 4:38 PM
PZ, you're trouncing everyone else at 45%. Don't let all that power go to your head.
Cheers,
Ray
Posted by: efp | November 4, 2008 4:42 PM
You wanna know 'ow I make diz country bettah? Iz simple, two words: keep it real! -Ali G
Posted by: Tony Sidaway | November 4, 2008 4:45 PM
Sorry PZ, I considered you but had to go for Stephen Colbert in the end. After eight years of amateur clowning I thought America might want to graduate to a professional.
Posted by: ggab | November 4, 2008 4:48 PM
1000 votes for PZed!!
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 4:48 PM
Vote for Moose.
In your heart you know he's right.
Posted by: Benny the Icepick | November 4, 2008 4:49 PM
I was PZ's 999th vote! That's 666 upside down!
Let's see what Fox makes of THAT statistic.
Posted by: Richie P | November 4, 2008 4:54 PM
PZ for president! What a shame he's not a candidate for the real president, still I suppose we will have to settle for Obama. Only hours to go before that grumpy old grampa and his (dozy queen of anti-science) running mate are long forgotten nobodies! Well let's hope anyway.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 4:55 PM
Vote for Moose!!!!
A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage!
Posted by: Nick Gotts | November 4, 2008 4:58 PM
Does it register a vote as soon as you click on a button? I can't see any "Vote" button! I'm being disenfranchised!!
Posted by: Arnosium Upinarum | November 4, 2008 5:00 PM
Voted for the only real scientist in that list that:
1. I actually know
2. Is actually alive
3. Has abundantly demonstrated serious knack for communicating effectively to non-scientist public
Prizes don't impress me much. Perceptive, penetrating and intelligible discourse ungarnished by unnecessarily opaque specialist or academic language together with boundless sensibility and enthusiasm does. That guy will go far and do much good.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 5:02 PM
I assume of course you mean, a Moose.
Posted by: SC | November 4, 2008 5:05 PM
Does it register a vote as soon as you click on a button? I can't see any "Vote" button! I'm being disenfranchised!!
Click on the Query button on the left, which takes you to another page with a Vote button.
Posted by: Nick Gotts | November 4, 2008 5:06 PM
Vote for Immanuel Kant: a categorical imperative in every pot, and a critique of pure reason in every garage!
Posted by: Sven DIMilo | November 4, 2008 5:10 PM
A Moose
Rumination You Can Believe In
Posted by: Mikael Hiort af Ornäs | November 4, 2008 5:10 PM
Nick Gotts: Does it register a vote as soon as you click on a button? I can't see any "Vote" button! I'm being disenfranchised!!
SC: Click on the Query button on the left, which takes you to another page with a Vote button.
I just checked, and the website is not i Florida, as one would suspect if considering the irrational clicking before voting, but in California :)
Posted by: Darth Wader | November 4, 2008 5:12 PM
PZ I just couldn't bring myself to vote for you. I'm afraid you would give cephalopods special rights.
Posted by: Sven DiMIlo | November 4, 2008 5:13 PM
The Artiodactyl We Need
Posted by: Nick Gotts | November 4, 2008 5:15 PM
Thanks SC! I was going to vote for Immanuel Kant, but at the last moment I just couldn't bring myself to vote for a transcendental idealist, and plumped for the moose instead.
Posted by: CrypticLife | November 4, 2008 5:16 PM
They stole the election from you, PZ!!! A "5 pm update" indicates that all your votes were "spoiled"! (sounds very fishy to me).
It puts Obama in the lead, with Colbert and A Moose following behind.
Posted by: Kate | November 4, 2008 5:17 PM
Moose all the way!
Seriously, I've had enough of these politicians and their "Boys Club". It's time to bring in a fresh perspective, a greener perspective, a more natural perspective. A perspective that can only be achieved by having your head in a marsh and getting bitten to the point of raving insanity by blackflies for eight months of the year. It's time we stopped listening to the average male human and open our ears and our hearts to the bellow of change echoing forth from the swamplands.
Vote Moose.
Posted by: ggab | November 4, 2008 5:22 PM
They've stolen the election!!
Scroll down on the first page!!
They've discounted PZed's votes entirely.
What are they, Republicans?
It's a sad day.
Posted by: SC | November 4, 2008 5:22 PM
Moose.
Vote Yourself a Forest.
Posted by: SC | November 4, 2008 5:26 PM
They've discounted PZed's votes entirely.
Moose now running third behind Obama and Colbert!
Posted by: Wowbagger | November 4, 2008 5:26 PM
Darth Wader, #116, wrote:
Hey, I'm all for special rights for cephalopods - the special right to be cooked with salt-and-pepper seasoning...
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 5:27 PM
YES!!! A TRIUMPH FOR A MOOSE!
Exposing voter fraud is your duty as Americans. The Moose campaign is happy that the fraud has been exposed and the dignity of the election upheld.
Vote for Moose!!
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men, and Free Moose!!
Posted by: Marcus | November 4, 2008 5:31 PM
You was robbed! Demand a recount! Take it all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary! Cephalopods Unite! Obey your tentacled masters!
Posted by: sara | November 4, 2008 5:32 PM
where's nader :(
Posted by: firemancarl | November 4, 2008 5:32 PM
I voted for that PZ Myers guy. I hear he's gonna become King Pharynluga after he gets elected!
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 5:33 PM
Why vote for a candidate with no chance of winning. Make your vote count!
Vote Moose
Posted by: Feynmaniac | November 4, 2008 5:35 PM
I'm sorry PZ but your poll crashing abilities, while strong, cannot compete with Colbert ( see Hungarian bridge).
Posted by: Moses | November 4, 2008 5:38 PM
YER WINNING!!!!
Posted by: Ian H Spedding FCD | November 4, 2008 5:39 PM
As a member of the Ailurophiliac Party I was disappointed that no cat was on the ballot so I had to cast my vote for A Moose.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 5:41 PM
A Moose
Building a bridge further into the 21st century, and not to nowhere.
Vote Moose
Posted by: XsybionicX | November 4, 2008 5:50 PM
u r da winna (so far 46%)! epic pwnage mr myers ! we r not worthy - so ... whos your running mate going to be ????
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 5:55 PM
A Moose promises to outlaw L337 speak.
V0t3 f0r M00s3!
Posted by: Missus Gumby | November 4, 2008 5:55 PM
I know! I know!
A Møøse! :)
Posted by: Sven DiMIlo | November 4, 2008 5:57 PM
A Moose
Cervidae First!
Posted by: Brian | November 4, 2008 5:57 PM
I loled at "Who would you REALLY like to see elected?"
I think they're onto you, PZ
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 6:03 PM
A Moose, of course.
Vote Moose.
Posted by: True Bob | November 4, 2008 6:23 PM
PZ - 47%
Obama - 14%
Colbert - 12%
Moose - 6%
And now the LULz:
Ayers - 2%
McCain - 1%
Posted by: The Cheerful Nihilist | November 4, 2008 6:23 PM
Is must to vote Moose
Consider prolific cabinet of Rockey J. Squirrel, VP; Boris Badenov, Homeland Security; Natasha Fatale, HHS; Captain Peter "Wrongway" Peachfuzz, Defense; Gidney & Cloyd, State; Mr Peabody, Treasury; and Sherman, Chief of Staff.
Posted by: qedpro | November 4, 2008 6:30 PM
PZ
you're still beating that cock-sucking whore.
way to go.
after tonight Sarah will have had her 15 minutes of fame.
Posted by: Kathleen | November 4, 2008 6:30 PM
We have been disenfranchised!
Posted by: Heathcliff | November 4, 2008 6:31 PM
Yes we Kant!
Posted by: SC | November 4, 2008 6:37 PM
#142,
Fuck right off.
Posted by: mothra | November 4, 2008 6:42 PM
This election is getting to be a real Kirwood Derby.
Posted by: The Cheerful Nihilist | November 4, 2008 6:47 PM
Oooo. I just went back and actually read all of the thread and am proud of the company I'm keeping. Unfortunately for them, it's probably not reciprocal.
(Oh well, we all have our Jeremiah Wrights and Bill Ayers. Well, they do.)
Moose On!
Posted by: (((Billy))) The Atheist | November 4, 2008 6:52 PM
Currently 1290 votes for Mr. Myers. 48%. Well past a plurality. Well on its way to a majority. Bravisimo.
I'm dissappointed though that Marvin the Paranoid Android was not an option.
Posted by: SC | November 4, 2008 6:56 PM
Currently 1290 votes for Mr. Myers. 48%. Well past a plurality. Well on its way to a majority. Bravisimo.
Those votes have been disallowed.
It's no use not voting for Moose.
Posted by: Kate | November 4, 2008 7:18 PM
You can't stop the Swamp Donkey! Go Moose! Go!
Posted by: Vest | November 4, 2008 7:28 PM
Based on different reasons for each real candidate, I find both despicable and couldn't bring myself to vote for either. I ended up voting for PZ on both elections (would have written in Hitchens as his political views are a bit more in line with mine, but of course, he is not eligible)
Posted by: tripwire | November 4, 2008 7:33 PM
OT: Kay Hagan is kicking Elizabeth Dole's ASS!
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 7:39 PM
Vote Moose.
It's better than getting kicked in the balls.
Posted by: Arnosium Upinarum | November 4, 2008 7:46 PM
Rev BDC #111: "I assume of course you mean, a Moose."
But of course! Definitely. Who else?
Antlers...I SWOON. As prominences sprouting from the head - blush - they remind me so of cephalopods in solidified form...
Sorry PZ, but I just couldn't resist mere appearance. I hope you will forgive my transgression into this bit of rank idolatry. I just can't bear the thought of you working even harder than you already are.
Posted by: KristinMH | November 4, 2008 8:06 PM
PZ's, you're up to 48%.
I, for one, welcome our cephalopod overlords.
Posted by: Karen | November 4, 2008 8:09 PM
Come on, I need a *real* polls thread!
I had quite a rotten night four years ago, waiting for results. If you don't post something soon, I'll have to figure out how to get back on IRC...
Posted by: darth wader | November 4, 2008 8:13 PM
Why no open thread? Very un-PZish
Posted by: Darth Wader | November 4, 2008 8:15 PM
McCain continuing his long history of not being president
Posted by: Patricia | November 4, 2008 8:17 PM
The bastards! They threw out PZ's votes.
Release the Kracken!!
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 4, 2008 8:29 PM
Nice! I love that cheesy movie
Posted by: protocol4 | November 4, 2008 8:31 PM
ELIZABETH DOLE LOSES.....ok hagen is not the best, but still...
Posted by: Alex | November 4, 2008 8:34 PM
Liddy Dole is toast!
Yay! XD
Posted by: Epacris | November 4, 2008 8:50 PM
Yup. From the BBC live coverage:
0117 GMT More bad news for the GOP: Republican Sen Elizabeth Dole - the wife of 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole - has been unseated in North Carolina.
Posted by: Mikael Hiort af Ornäs | November 4, 2008 8:57 PM
Californians might like this little bunny comic cartoon: crazy talk
Posted by: ggab | November 4, 2008 9:03 PM
Penn for Obama!!
Ladies and gentleman...it's over.
Obama Obama Obama Obama
Please, let this be the last we hear of Palin.
Posted by: Dawn | November 4, 2008 9:15 PM
I voted for the moose....PZ's university needs him to keep teaching students how to think (note: Not WHAT to think, but HOW to think...how to use their brains.)
Posted by: 'Tis Himself | November 4, 2008 9:19 PM
I see vote for Moose but not for Squirrel.
Posted by: NoFear | November 4, 2008 9:42 PM
Since I feel the office of president is superfluous and unnecessary, I had to choose the one most fitting for that position, so sorry, PZ, I had to vote for the moose. Unfortunately there is a good chance that an upset Sarah Palin will assasinate the moose at the first opportunity if the moose wins the election. And, just in case, the Game and Wildlife departments better start training a secret service division. :-D
(Anybody ever hear the old Woody Allen stand up bit about shooting a moose? Hysterical)
Posted by: Michaela | November 4, 2008 9:45 PM
Well and truly pharyngulated.
I think it's doubly honorable that the nearest runner-up (and it is quite distant) is Stephen Colbert.
Posted by: Father Shaggy | November 5, 2008 12:02 AM
Michael Palin was running too. How come he was left off?
Posted by: Father Shaggy | November 5, 2008 12:05 AM
The list also excluded four ACTUAL candidates...
Posted by: Tomato Addict | November 5, 2008 12:27 AM
For all that work, the over percentage haven't changed much since early on, and the top three remain PZ, Obama, Colbert.
Posted by: aleph | November 5, 2008 12:46 AM
Nietzsche's not much of a proper atheist. His understanding of science -- including evolution -- is dim, and his reasons for being an atheist are of the sentimental kind.
Posted by: Spidergrackle | November 5, 2008 1:18 AM
What, no squid?! The injustice!
Posted by: Paper Hand | November 5, 2008 1:51 AM
Congratulations! You've just hit 50%!
Posted by: The Ghost of D. Boon | November 5, 2008 5:55 AM
Nietzsche is Dead.
Posted by: Silverwhistle | November 5, 2008 6:27 AM
The Cohen ticket doesn't include Leonard?!!!
Posted by: noyb | November 5, 2008 8:30 AM
Congratulations! All of your work has been deleted!
Posted by: qbsmd | November 5, 2008 8:48 AM
Don't blame me, I voted for a moose.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 5, 2008 8:50 AM
Yes noyb, it is SUCH hard work to click a mouse a couple of times.
You got us.