Darwin Supporters Take Their Message To the Streets, Again, to Defeat U.S. Rep. Paul Broun
Supporters of the famous theorist believe that even dead, he's far superior to Rep. Paul Broun.
Just 5,000. That's all Tim Denson wants. If write-in candidate Charles Darwin receives 5,000 write-in votes against incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, Denson will be happy. "I detest most of what Broun has ever said or done, and I'm sorry no one ran against him," said Denson, 31, who works in a retail job in Athens. "I'm sorry I didn't run against him, but this is the way I'm helping to send out a vote of dissent." Broun's remarks about evolution being "lies from the pit of hell" sent Denson, who finds a creative outlet in protesting, over the edge. For Halloween, he dyed his full beard gray, donned a black suit and bowler, and became, for a while, Charles Darwin himself. "At least 100 people have told me they've already voted …
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Rebecca McCarthy
7:56 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Dear Christine, Perhaps those voting didn't want to vote for a living person who appears to many, and I quote, "brain dead." Your news judgment is different from mine, because in my town--where do you live, by the way?--having 4,138 people who do indeed know that Darwin is dead vote for him anyway....well, it sends a message, don't you think? Whether the message engenders any change remains to be… more ›