BURNS AND ALLEN'S OWN WORDS ON RECOUNTS!!!!! (You're Gonna LOVE This!)

[Beetwasher]

Via Kos! Man, you're gonna LOVE this! :rofl:

MT-Sen, VA-Sen: Allen and Burns don't believe in recounts

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/11/8/121127/066

[Mandate My Ass]

1. LOL

Waaallen: The morning after Election Day 2000, when Florida was counting absentee ballots, George Allen said, "we'll need to move America forward as soon as those votes are cast."

[Ian David]

2. "Say goodnight, Gracie?" Oh, no... wait... n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Great minds...

:toast:

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Say goodnight, Gracie!

Excellent find!:rofl:

[KingFlorez]

4. Burns and Allen

They're almost comedic as these two

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Say good night, Felix.

[elehhhhna]

14. LMBO, jackhare. LMBO

[ChiciB1]

12. What A Strange Dichotomy!! n/t

[bobbieinok]

13. just totally unreal!!!!!!

[checks-n-balances]

21. Here's a little trivia, DU: "Gracie Allen's 1940 Presidential Campaign"

"Gracie Allen, the female half of the runaway comedy team of Burns and Allen, announced one March evening over the radio her intention to compete for the presidency at the head of a new third party, the "Surprise Party." Why the Surprise Party? As Gracie later explained, her mother was a Democrat, her father a Republican, and Gracie had been born a Surprise.

"Gracie's presidental bid had originally been conceived as a simple radio gimmick with the expectation of a short half-life. George Burns later recalled its moment of birth: "Gracie and I were at home in Beverly Hills with our children suddenly remarked, 'I'm tired of knitting this sweater. I think I'll run for president this year.'"

(Snip)"Shortly after the series of whirlwind radio announcements of her candidacy, Gracie appeared in Washington, D.C., as quest of honor before the Women's National Press Club, at the special invitation of Eleanor Roosevelt. While in Washington Gracie unveiled plans for the Surprise Party's first national convention, to be held in Omaha, Nebraska during May 15 to 18. Gracie conceded that there was a danger in being the first candidate that year to hold a convention in as much as the Republicans would probably double any campaign promises she made and the Democrats were certain to follow behind and redouble the ante. However, she argued, if the other parties thought this would make her vulnerable they were mistaken, for she had some surprises up her sleeve, along-side a box of raisins that she proposed to nibble on while awaiting the election returns.

(Snip)"On May 17, 1940, thousands of wildly enthusiastic delegates congregated in Omaha's Creighton University Stadium to unanimously nominate Gracie Allen for president of the United States. There was no vice-presidential candidate, however; Gracie had warned all along that she would tolerate no vice in her administration..."

More at
http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:S9resW7cJpAJ:www.geocities.com
/hollywood/hills/1836/campaign1940.html+%22gracie+allen%22+%22
surprise+party%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4

Also, Listen to clip from NPR:
Gracie Allen's 'Surprise' White House Run
by Scott Simon

Weekend Edition Saturday, October 30, 2004 · NPR's Scott Simon notes that in the 1940 presidential race, comedienne Gracie Allen ran as a less-than-serious candidate. We hear her read from the platform of her Surprise Party.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4134797

Lastly, her entire book online:
How to Become President by Gracie Allen:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/1465/BookTitle.html

On edit: added book info

[JCMach1]

6. Burns and Allen, the final JOKESTERS of 2006

LOL

[wicket]

8. George WAAAAALLLLLEN!

:rofl:

[wildeyed]

9. WAAAAAllen! n/t

[mirandapriestly]

10. TOOO Funny. Santorum was making "voter fraud" claims too

I'd love to see his words when it was blatantly stolen from us.

[Ian David]

15. Santorum's children were crying because Daddy's going to be at home more.

"Daddy, please, don't touch the dog like that anymore!"

[Turn CO Blue]

11. Get this over to Keith Olbermann asap! n/t

[Megahurtz]

16. Hahahaha!

Perfect!

[KittyWampus]

17. kick

[Beetwasher]

18. ..

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[NewJeffCT]

19. Hypocrisy from Republicans? I can't believe it

Next thing you'll tell me is that gay male hookers visited the White House regularly, or that Republican House leadership covered up sexual predators in their midst, or a prominent Republican televangelist has some skeletons in his closet.

[Beetwasher]

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