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Poppa Votes For President
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In the Florida debacle of 2000, many liberal, elderly Jewish voters (my Dad's generation) in Palm Beach County intended to vote for Al Gore, but, confused by the notorious 'Butterfly Ballot', mistakenly voted for conservative Pat Buchanan
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A dozen of Mike Nobel's topical comedy/commentary songs were featured on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" (on separate occasions) from 1979-1984.
Mike Nobel Songwriter/Performer
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Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
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#8,912 today Peak #32
#2,012 in subgenre Peak #6
Author
Mike Nobel, Gorham, ME mainesongwriter@gmail.com
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c p 2008 by Mike Nobel
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September 22, 2008
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MP3 2.2 MB • 128 kbps • 2:21
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Butterfly ballots and the Florida debacle of 2000, in which many liberal, elderly Jewish voters in Florida were confused by the notorious "Butterfly Ballot", and mistakenly voted for conservative Pat Buchanan instead of Al Gore, throwing the election to Bush.
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"The ballot was a 'Butterfly', what the heck is this!? I'm seeing all the arrows, but which one goes to which!? I went to punch the paper, that's when it happened .... I tried to vote for 'Gore', and poked a hole in Buchanan!"
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