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Saturday, June 28th, 2014

Loser in OK Primary Claims Victory Because GOP Opponent Is Dead, Replaced by Android

Author:     SCOTT KAUFMAN
Source:     The Raw Story
Publication Date:     Friday, June 27, 2014 14:39 EDT
 Link: Loser in OK Primary Claims Victory Because GOP Opponent Is Dead, Replaced by Android
Stephan:   Almost every day I see stories like this one. They make it clear that something very strange and unexpected has happened to American democracy: One of the parties has been taken over by loons and morons. People who are demonstrably challenged mentally and emotionally, and whose principle emotions appear to be fear and anger. I am just going to run two of these stories in today's edition but you can take them as examplars of a much bigger trend. It is quite notable and almost entirely a phenomenon of the Theocratic Right. This is one of the main reasons the Congress has become a dysfunctional institution productive of almost nothing positive. It is easy to laugh, and I did, but it is a serious symptom of American decline.

The loser in a recent Republican primary is claiming that his opponent, Oklahoma Representative Frank Lucas, is unqualified for office because he has been replaced by a robot.

Timothy Ray Murray posted a press release – addressed to ‘News Person” – in which he demanded the Oklahoma Board of Elections shift votes from Rep. Lucas to him on account of the fact that ‘it is widely known Rep. Frank D. Lucas is no longer alive and has been displayed [sic] by a look alike.”

Murray claimed that Rep. Lucas was ‘executed by The World Court on or about Jan. 11, 2011 in Southern Ukraine. On television they were depicted as being executed by the hanging about the neck until death on a white stage and in front of witnesses.”

He stated that while ‘it is possible to use look alike artificial or man-made replacements,” such ‘replacements” are not human, and therefore ineligible to serve in office. He also assured the board that he ‘will NEVER use Artificial Intelligence look alike to voice what The Representative’s Office is doing nor own a robot look alike.”

‘Many things have been said about me, said to me during course of my campaigns,” Rep. Lucas told KFOR. ‘This […]

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