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The Daily Toast    November 3, 2004

Americans Could Give Two Shits About the Senate Race Right Now

Washington, D.C.-

    "Oh yeah, there were some close Senate races too, very exciting," said Kerry campaign organizer Susan Reid, as she was putting on her coat to leave campaign headquarters.
    "Baraka? No, sorry, I hate that film," said voter Tom De Palma about newly elected Illinois Senator Barack Obama. De Palma is one of the millions of irked, loose-tie wearing voters who have been staring at CNN since 6pm Tuesday evening.
    "Get out of my face before I punch you," said an anonymous voter about the Senate race.

Despite Election Night Fears, Computers Did Not Reset to 1970


An artist's interpretation of the Y2K4 election night horrors we narrowly averted.
    Thankfully, Americans' fears about Y2K4 election problems and touchscreen malfunctions were unfounded, as computer failures did not meet expectations. Leading up to the elections, Americans bought weeks' supplies of bottled water, arranged not to fly on election night, and dug bomb shelters for themselves. Convinced that voting computer problems would inadvertently launch nuclear missiles, down planes, and cause financial records to disappear, all citizens held their breath as the votes were being counted.
    Critics charged that a flaw in the 2004 voting system would force all computers in America to revert back to their original manufacture date. The army core of engineers stood by in case flood sandbags needed to be filled around the country, and zoo animals across the US were kept under special guard.
    As it started becoming clear that most states voted exactly as polls predicted, without incident, voters started to realize just how boring every network's coverage of the elections were.

Fewer People Missed Work for Voting than for Tickets to Star Wars

New York, NY-

    Yeah, you heard me.

Bush Suddenly Not So Easy to Laugh About

Gainesville, FL-

    Young, liberal citizens around the country who have been playing anti-Bush flash games on the Internet for the past six months, suddenly found themselves facing four more years of Bush.
    As a single, unified unit, the liberals of the Northeast slowly turned their heads towards Canada, getting crazy ideas of emigrating.