To Know Me Is To Vote For Me
By Mitch Berg
This morning, commenter Angryclown noted in my piece on my travels:
Respectively, Mitch’s imagined Berg for America 2008 electoral map and the nations that would continue to have diplomatic relations with the U.S. under a Berg administration.
So I thought – I do tend to make a decent first impression on people. So let’s say that that first impression COULD be turned into electoral gold; that if I run for president, every state I’ve ever visited would fall for my charms and give me an electoral plurality.
Mitch: 315
Non-Mitch: 223
I think the GOP’s choice is clear.
(Or, if we don’t count Nebraska, which I merely drove through, you can transfer five points. But I think the ‘huskers are pretty sharp people, so let’s not go crazy here…)
October 24th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I’m only missing three states, so you better hope I don’t run against you in the primaries.
October 24th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
449 For Angryclown/89 Against
October 24th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
519 for buzz/19 against.
I hope some of those three states Master of None is missing are big ones.
I am missing Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
October 24th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
533 for MON/16 against — Hawaii, Mississippi, Arkansas (one of the few advantages to being raised an Air Force brat)
October 24th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
I’m willing to vote against angryclown, even though he’s been here.
I think I could convince other Minnesotans to do the same, considering what angryclown has said about them. 🙂
October 24th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
535 for/3 against. I’m missing Alaska, so I’m not too worried if it comes to this.
(I’ve lived in the corners of the country driven by working for a large multinational too long and love to camp, hike, and canoe, so there’s not too many states I haven’t visited.)
October 24th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
They love me in Alaska. That state is a lock.
October 24th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
I’ve been to all but:
No Dak
Maine
So Carolina
No Carolina
Vermont
New Hampshire
West Virginia
Ohio
I’m thinking that I make at least a positive first impression as Mitch – so the count would be something like –
Peev – 400
Berg – 135
Though Nerdbert would kick my butt – ah well.
Been to AK, Hawaii – Army training for the first, 20th anniversary for the last.
October 24th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Mitch: Peev, are you telling me you did army training in Alaska?
Peev: That’s a fact, jack!
October 24th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
I’ve never said a word against Minnesotans, Trojan Man. Wingnuts excepted, they’re good, simple folk with only slightly hilarious accents.
October 24th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Better Minnesotan, than from Brooklyn, or worse, the Bronx.
October 24th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
In my mind, you sound exactly like Hubert Humphrey, Peev.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Thanks for the recommendation, Badda. Might have been fun.
I can’t remember why I never continued with war games – musta picked up some other activity.
Oh, that’s right. Intercourse.
Yeah, once Angryclown discovered intercourse, the idea of hanging out with a buncha dudes in a basement with a bag of chips and a board game was never all that appealing again.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Oops. Wrong comment thread. Might be funnier as a non-sequitur anyway.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Better Minnesotan, than from Brooklyn, or worse, the Bronx.
Actually, accents are just about the most fun a linguistix geek like me can have.
My senior project – determine the difference in accent, dialect and vocabulary between Minnesota and the Dakotas. Yes, there is one – as blaring as the difference between Brooklyn and the Bronx, if you listen for it.
In my mind, you sound exactly like Hubert Humphrey, Peev.
He’s got more of a Christopher Walken thing going on.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
“I’m thinking that I make at least a positive first impression as Mitch”
Yeah, I think EVERYONE here would agree with that.
(Sheesh).
October 25th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Yeah, once Angryclown discovered intercourse, the idea of hanging out with a buncha dudes in a basement with a bag of chips and a board game was never all that appealing again.
Was discovery with males or females?
October 25th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Ladies, Paul. Otherwise the hanging with dudes would have been an attractive option.
October 25th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
Just checking, AC.
October 25th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
And no, I don’t want to know if any greasepaint was involved.