"Idiot Brazilians."
Posted on 10/05/2010 6:45:38 AM PDT by Pride_of_the_Bluegrass
Send in the clown. That’s the message voters in Brazil’s largest state have sent to Congress.
With 1.3 million ballots cast in his favour, a professional clown named Tiririca won more votes than any other candidate in Sunday’s elections. It’s the second-highest tally ever recorded in Brazil’s history.
“It’s amazing, this is from God,” he said after the vote.
Tiririca’s bid to represent Sao Paulo state in the Chamber of Deputies was widely supported as a symbolic protest against government corruption and scandals. Tiririca, whose moniker is Portuguese slang for “grumpy,” campaigned on the slogan “Vote Tiririca! It can’t get any worse.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theglobeandmail.com ...
“Vote Tiririca! It can’t get any worse.”
Sounds like: “Kinky for Governor - Why The Hell Not?”
Non-Texans - That’s Kinky Friedman of “Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys Band”. Musician, author, pundit and wag, ran for governor last go-round.
Colonel, USAFR
We’ve set the standard for the whole world!
Wow! Amazing
And I thought we had some nutty candidates.
Well American fools got behind Dopey.
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