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Politics

"Dewars Defeats Truman" or 110 Percent of Scotsmen Can't Be Wrong

Nick Gillespie | 9.19.2014 2:32 PM

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Britain's Daily Mail has had a lot of fun at CNN's expense over this graphic from yesterday's failed vote for Scottish independence. Not only are the percentages wrong, they add up to 110 percent.

And we all know that only happens in Chicago.

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    I heard the secession movement actually kilt at the polls.

    1. Swiss Servator, Grundgesetz!   11 years ago

      Their supporters are looking tired and haggis this morning.

      1. Brett L   11 years ago

        Both of you need to sit in the corner and think about what horrible people you are.

      2. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

        *sharpens blade*

      3. seguin   11 years ago

        That joke is so auld.

  2. Mr. Soul   11 years ago

    i don't doubt they counted 110% of the votes cast.

  3. tarran   11 years ago

    Maybe some of the drunker ones voted twice?

    1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

      It's the English, of course, crossing the border and oppressing the Scots yet again.

  4. Russell   11 years ago

    Surely you mean:

    Fifty Million Dead Scotchmen Can't Be Wrong !

    1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

      No, it was just Banquo's ghost, voting a wee bit more than once.

      1. Swiss Servator, Grundgesetz!   11 years ago

        +1 Fly Fleance

        1. Russell   11 years ago

          Or is it 500,000 Scotsmen can be undead ?

          The best policy may be to kill them all and let the Dutchess of Guise sort it out.

    2. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

      The Edgar Allen Poe dilemma of politics: Is he dead or just passed out drunk? Never mind, have him vote a few more times anyway.

  5. Jerry on the sea   11 years ago

    Damn wankers cannot even hold a proper election.

  6. AustinRoth   11 years ago

    Layers of fact checkers in the MSM. To protect us from bloggers.

  7. mad.casual   11 years ago

    110% - Because no true Scotsmen would abstain.

    1. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

      It's sad to see how many fake Scotsmen there are in Scotland.

      1. Russell   11 years ago

        Malt does more than Milton can
        To prove the undead also ran

  8. Zeb   11 years ago

    Maybe they meant proof instead of ?V.

  9. jmomls   11 years ago

    *And we all know that only happens in Chicago.*

    It actually did happen in 2008 in Philadelphia. Prob 2012, as well, and Romney got ZERO votes in some of the precincts there.

    Nope, no voter fraud in this country AT ALL.

  10. BigFire   11 years ago

    Now that Scotland have voted to stay in the Union, can England vote to kick them out?

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