It started as a joke between friends, but Morris the cat’s bid to become mayor of the Mexican city of Xalapa, the capital of the state of Veracruz, has now turned into a social media phenomenon with a serious message about political disenchantment.
“Morris has become an expression of how fed up people are with all the parties and a political system that does not represent us,” said Sergio Chamorro, the owner of the furry black-and-white candidate whose first campaign slogan was: “Tired of voting for rats? Vote for a cat.”
Well, let’s be fair, they couldn’t do a worse job than the bastard politicians who have managed to completely fuck the world over, can they?
I have eleven parliamentary candidates all waiting and ready to go…
The expenses will be fairly cheap; plenty of glup, a warm green bench to snooze on and some munchies for the occasional snack. Of course, debates will be reduced to hissing, spitting, snarling and the occasional cat fight – so, er, no change there, then.
Why not a cat as a Mayor? Hartlepool had a monkey (H’Angus) elected as Mayor though there was, apparently, a man hiding inside it – Stuart Drummond went on to win another term as himself. So perhaps there’s a Mexican midget (am I allowed to say that or is the PC term ‘ a person of limited height’?) hiding inside a cat skin. I think we should be told once this has been confirmed.
On this occasion, I believe Morris is actually, a cat. One cat in politics doubles the available IQ, of course.
I think it was during the 1984 US presidential campaign that I was favoring a movement to do a write in vote for Bonzo, Reagan’s chimpanzee movie sidekick.
– MJM
Sounds good to me. Though a tub of lard may be even cheaper.