See How They Run

There seems to be some strange compulsion this fall driving people to run for public office. In Vancouver, some thirty people, a busload, have tossed their hats (or wigs or nose rings) into the municipal election. Nine persons have claimed they are the rightful heirs to the NDP national leadership. And in the United States, at least eight characters--the usual suspects--are fighting knife and mud-ball for the Republican presidential nomination. Now it has been reported that a parrot named Wilmer has launched his campaign to take over the US Oval Office, with strong Tea Party support.  

And this just in: a surprise candidate for mayor of Pitt Meadows is a Mr. G. Papandreou. Ouzo for all!