America dodged a bullet last year by rejecting the dark occult powers of “math witch” Paul Ryan in favor of rocket scientist and shotgun aficionado Joe “Three Letter Word” Biden. Voters in Massachusetts are facing a similar dilemma this year, as Democratic Rep. Ed Markey, fending off a challenge by Republican Gabriel Gomez, wowed the audience at tonight’s debate but showing off his own math skills.
"It's really not math. It's just arithmetic." Markey on the budget, after Gomez cracks Dems deny math #masen
— Katrina Trinko (@KatrinaTrinko) June 11, 2013
Sorry, it’s not math, it’s just arithmetic, which is not as complicated as math.
"It's not math, it's arithmetic." The Democratic Party's nominee for United States Senate, folks.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) June 11, 2013
#smart RT @sunnyright: "It's not math, it's arithmetic." The Democratic Party's nominee for United States Senate, folks.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) June 11, 2013
Let’s go to the video to clear things up.
VIDEO: Nonsensical Markey: It's Not Math, It's Arithmetic http://t.co/cShWKbfN2N #MASEN
— Joe Pounder (@PounderFile) June 11, 2013
Maybe this diagram will help.
It's not math, it's arithmetic. #markeyisms #masen #springfielddebate pic.twitter.com/JCqbCv5EkR
— Bill Murphy (@billmurphy) June 12, 2013
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Will buy anyone a beer who can translate Ed Markey: "It's not math, its arithmetic." #springfielddebate #masen http://t.co/e5HaCXZZmr
— Brad Dayspring (@BDayspring) June 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/Rschrim/status/344601116396355584
https://twitter.com/Tark31/status/344613206561529856
https://twitter.com/B_MartinTRS/status/344614701113679873
To be fair, when it comes to Congress, all you need to know is addition.
https://twitter.com/kesgardner/status/344608033776746496
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