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…)
I’m only missing three states, so you better hope I don’t run against you in the primaries.
449 For Angryclown/89 Against
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.
533 for MON/16 against — Hawaii, Mississippi, Arkansas (one of the few advantages to being raised an Air Force brat)
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. 🙂
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.)
They love me in Alaska. That state is a lock.
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.
Mitch: Peev, are you telling me you did army training in Alaska?
Peev: That’s a fact, jack!
I’ve never said a word against Minnesotans, Trojan Man. Wingnuts excepted, they’re good, simple folk with only slightly hilarious accents.
Better Minnesotan, than from Brooklyn, or worse, the Bronx.
In my mind, you sound exactly like Hubert Humphrey, Peev.
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.
Oops. Wrong comment thread. Might be funnier as a non-sequitur anyway.
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.
“I’m thinking that I make at least a positive first impression as Mitch”
Yeah, I think EVERYONE here would agree with that.
(Sheesh).
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?
Ladies, Paul. Otherwise the hanging with dudes would have been an attractive option.
Just checking, AC.
And no, I don’t want to know if any greasepaint was involved.