Hey, everybody, lookit me! I'm all political and shit!
I've decided to do a political post. Why? Because I can. Or perhaps it's because that lone Guinness went to my head and cost me $6 at the same time. Either way, there was some talk after that last election down south (what was that, a year ago?) that made me wonder. I wondered, what the fuck?
So now, a year later, I went searching for answers to my question. What the fuck, indeed...
This latest leader was voted in with such a gusto that folks just had to comment on it. You see, more people voted for him than any previous president. And isn't that quite telling?
I didn't think so, but pundits sure did. What did they know that I didn't? I'm not sure, but after some research I'm beginning to think that I know something that they didn't.
Bush received more votes than anyone else in US history. Just like 27 others before him since 1824 (that was the earliest that I could find numbers). In that time, there have been 46 elections. Just 13 of those were NOT "Most Votes, Ever" elections. That leaves 33 of those astounding, best-ever elections, or 71.7%. In that time, 33 men were elected to be president. 27 of those can make the same claim as Bush, which is 58.7%. Only 6 of 33 can NOT make that same claim.
It's only lately that the Mostest has become the Leastest. 6 of the last 8 (8 of the last 10; 10 of the last 12) have been non-contenders for Biggest, Highest, Bestest. The last dude to be able to make such an exciting claim was Sir Ronnie. Even America's favourite Pres-Who-Couldn't-Keep-His-Pants-On (not that there's anything wrong with that), JFK, was a voting-numbers dud. Nixon was only hot before he got kicked out. Carter was a punkass bitch, Reagan was cold and then hot, Bush the First was short and Willie Willie was wee.
A few more fun facts before I go to bed. In this span, 4 presidents were voted in even though they got fewer votes than their opponents. Only one of those snuck in without getting a Most Ever badge (not counting the numbers of the losers who got more). Guess who that was? I'll give you a hint: he recently beat someone who has the 2nd-highest number of votes, ever. As Buzz Aldrin likes to say, two comes right after one, you know!
(I'll return to inanity and duck crotches with my next post.)
I've decided to do a political post. Why? Because I can. Or perhaps it's because that lone Guinness went to my head and cost me $6 at the same time. Either way, there was some talk after that last election down south (what was that, a year ago?) that made me wonder. I wondered, what the fuck?
So now, a year later, I went searching for answers to my question. What the fuck, indeed...
This latest leader was voted in with such a gusto that folks just had to comment on it. You see, more people voted for him than any previous president. And isn't that quite telling?
I didn't think so, but pundits sure did. What did they know that I didn't? I'm not sure, but after some research I'm beginning to think that I know something that they didn't.
Bush received more votes than anyone else in US history. Just like 27 others before him since 1824 (that was the earliest that I could find numbers). In that time, there have been 46 elections. Just 13 of those were NOT "Most Votes, Ever" elections. That leaves 33 of those astounding, best-ever elections, or 71.7%. In that time, 33 men were elected to be president. 27 of those can make the same claim as Bush, which is 58.7%. Only 6 of 33 can NOT make that same claim.
It's only lately that the Mostest has become the Leastest. 6 of the last 8 (8 of the last 10; 10 of the last 12) have been non-contenders for Biggest, Highest, Bestest. The last dude to be able to make such an exciting claim was Sir Ronnie. Even America's favourite Pres-Who-Couldn't-Keep-His-Pants-On (not that there's anything wrong with that), JFK, was a voting-numbers dud. Nixon was only hot before he got kicked out. Carter was a punkass bitch, Reagan was cold and then hot, Bush the First was short and Willie Willie was wee.
A few more fun facts before I go to bed. In this span, 4 presidents were voted in even though they got fewer votes than their opponents. Only one of those snuck in without getting a Most Ever badge (not counting the numbers of the losers who got more). Guess who that was? I'll give you a hint: he recently beat someone who has the 2nd-highest number of votes, ever. As Buzz Aldrin likes to say, two comes right after one, you know!
(I'll return to inanity and duck crotches with my next post.)