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Satirist Stephen Colbert has won the first round of votes in an online public vote called by the Ministry of Economy and Transport to find a name for a new bridge spanning the Danube between Újpest and Budakalász, connecting two stretches of the M0 motorway ringroad.
Last week, Colbert asked the audience of his show The Colbert Report to vote for him in the contest. After the show appeared online, he reached the top position within a day. The first round of voting was closed on Tuesday morning, which means visitors can no longer suggest new names but can vote for the top 25 suggestions after registering on the M0 bridge official site.
The Hungary's Economy Ministry has been conducting an online poll to determine the name for a new bridge slated to be built over the Danube River. Word got out over the Internet, and the early front-runner was super he-man star Chuck Norris. Commenters suggested that perhaps the bridge's inscription should be "Chuck Norris does not build bridges, he leaps over rivers."
Norris has fallen badly behind in the polls. Fearsome foe Stephen Colbert, who spent a segment of his late-night program, "The Colbert Report," explaining to viewers how to vote for him. With a whopping 30 percent of the tally (that's more than 6 million votes), Mr. Colbert is clearly in the lead.
Colbert slings his patented "truthiness" on his popular show.
Colbert won the first round of voting with 17,231,725 (53%) votes. 17th century army general and poet Miklós Zrínyi was second with 2,062,649 (6%) votes, and revolutionary poet Sándor Petõfi's lazy hero Pató Pál came in third with 1,805,118 (6%) votes.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Colbert overwhelmingly led the second round with 6,976 (59%) votes. Jon Stewart stood at second place with 1,520 (13%) votes and Chuck Norris was third with 513 (4%) votes.
Hungarians are said to be collectively confused about all of this.
forum i post at had this article....
the last line just makes this the funniest thing ever
Last week, Colbert asked the audience of his show The Colbert Report to vote for him in the contest. After the show appeared online, he reached the top position within a day. The first round of voting was closed on Tuesday morning, which means visitors can no longer suggest new names but can vote for the top 25 suggestions after registering on the M0 bridge official site.
The Hungary's Economy Ministry has been conducting an online poll to determine the name for a new bridge slated to be built over the Danube River. Word got out over the Internet, and the early front-runner was super he-man star Chuck Norris. Commenters suggested that perhaps the bridge's inscription should be "Chuck Norris does not build bridges, he leaps over rivers."
Norris has fallen badly behind in the polls. Fearsome foe Stephen Colbert, who spent a segment of his late-night program, "The Colbert Report," explaining to viewers how to vote for him. With a whopping 30 percent of the tally (that's more than 6 million votes), Mr. Colbert is clearly in the lead.
Colbert slings his patented "truthiness" on his popular show.
Colbert won the first round of voting with 17,231,725 (53%) votes. 17th century army general and poet Miklós Zrínyi was second with 2,062,649 (6%) votes, and revolutionary poet Sándor Petõfi's lazy hero Pató Pál came in third with 1,805,118 (6%) votes.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Colbert overwhelmingly led the second round with 6,976 (59%) votes. Jon Stewart stood at second place with 1,520 (13%) votes and Chuck Norris was third with 513 (4%) votes.
Hungarians are said to be collectively confused about all of this.
forum i post at had this article....
the last line just makes this the funniest thing ever