more about " Homer Simpson Tries to Vote f...", posted with vodpod In an episode of the long-running comedy cartoon series to be broadcast two days before the presidential election, the hero of The Simpsons tries to vote for Senator Barack Obama.Approaching an electronic voting machine, he says, "It's time for a change." But in a satire of cases of voting fraud, the electronic voting machine refuses to recognise his repeated pushing of the Obama button and records six votes for Senator John McCain.The machine eventually swallows Homer whole as he cries, "This can't happen in America!" The scene has emerged on the internet this week, with some web sites claiming it amounted to an endorsement of the Democratic candidate.James Brooks, an executive producer, said there was no political statement. "We are clowns at the fringe of the party," he said.