Brickbat: Near Miss

Poll workers in Boca Raton, Florida, tried to bar a woman from voting in the Nov. 6 election because she was wearing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology T-shirt. Officials apparently believed MIT was the Republican presidential candidate. Local media report they eventually figured out what it does stand for. Meanwhile, a poll worker in Denver called a supervisor when she spotted a voter wearing an MIT sweatshirt. The supervisor assured her that voter was not violating a state law against electioneering near a polling place.

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[Whiterun Guard]

Like a college educated woman would EVER vote for Mittler.

[Brutus]

It's MIT, an engineering school, they have a non-trivial number of non-leftists there.

[Whiterun Guard]

THE NARRATIVE WILL NOT BE DERAILED BY YOUR INANITIES.

Besides, everyone knows girls can't do math.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Poll workers in Boca Raton, Florida, tried to bar a woman from voting in the Nov. 6 election because she was wearing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology T-shirt.

Florida frowns on educated voters.

[Whiterun Guard]

And educated women in general.

[free2booze]

Can't wear a shirt that says MIT, but giant murals in worship to the healer of the world is just fine.

[invisible furry hand]

With brains like that, these poll workers should be working for the TSA

[Almanian_]

Proving, once again, that "smarts" is not a prerequisite to be a poll worker.

Or pole worker, come to think of it.

[generic Brand]

I think the pole workers are a bit smarter than the poll workers. At least the former understand capitalism.

[Christina]

Can someone explain to me why it should even matter if the people were, in fact, wearing Mitt Romney apparel inside a polling place.

[Whiterun Guard]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except within 100 feet of a polling station; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

It's right in there.

[sarcasmic]

Because the people who set the rules have so much contempt for the average voter that they believe the voter might change their mind based upon seeing a shirt while waiting in line.

[Rich]

I hate to say it, but I know *several* chronically "undecided" voters who probably do just that.

[Greg]

Well that depends on how big the cups are beneath the shirt.

[Rich]

I imagine these poll workers would really have a fitt about a Browning Automatic Rifle T-shirt.

[generic Brand]

So if I graduated from Barry University, and wore my alma mater's T-shirt to the polls, would I have been called out?

[zandooo]

That jsut makes a ll kinds of sens edude.

http://www.Privacy-Guyz.tk

[Julio Cesar Samper Uribe]

And my cynicism toward most if humanity continues unabated.

[Doctor Whom]

But I'm sure Brawndo sweatshirts are okay.