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The Mother of All Typos
Absentee ballots mailed out this weekk in Rensselaer County, New York gave voters the option of voting for “Barack Osama.” Both Democratic and Republican election officials insist that it was simply a typo.
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3 Responses to “The Mother of All Typos”
I am sorry, but the “B” and the “S” keys are not that close on the keyboard.
pdx632 beat me to it.
I can believe it was a mistake, not a purposeful change, but it was more of a Freudian slip than a typo. No one in their right mind believes New York will go for McCain, which is why I'm perfectly inclined to believe there is no sinister plot behind it.
I very frequently typo “not” for “now”. That's a mental weird thing I've got, not a finger thing. Someone's brain apparently keeps Osama and Obama close together.