Jackass Politics

Politicians have a bad reputation. A reputation for flattery, deceit, laziness and corruption. And a lot of the time, they deserve that reputation. And sometimes, I even think that a monkey might well be better suited for the job.

But a donkey? Now that, I had not thought of.



But this is exactly what has happened in Ecuador, where a donkey was refused entry to register himself for the mayorship of the city of Guayaquil. Officials said that the attempts to get the donkey into the race to be mayor was a mockery of the political proceedings, and detracted attention from the other participants.

I think it's a great idea. If he's even half as charismatic as this guy, then he has my vote.