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MadMadi
Mar 16, 2012

There are apparently no candidates eligible to be on the ballot for mayor of Flint, MI, so everyone has to be written in. A local defense attorney is campaigning for his pet pig Giggles, and the other candidates are really mad because apparently its racist or something.

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/05/candidate_blasts_giggles_the_p.html

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Enfield
May 30, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo
looks like that whore got giggled

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord
Expected thread on former police in politics, pleasantly surprised by outcome.

DOMDOM
Apr 28, 2007

Fun Shoe

quote:

I have been asked a lot of questions about Giggles running for Mayor, so I'll explain it one time--and then we can get back to the fun. It started because one of the city council members, who was convicted of murder, announced he was running for mayor. I am pretty forgiving, but it I am really strongly opposed to murder—and think electing a mayor who was convicted of murder sends a bad message about our city. Not to mention the embarrassing letters he has written about Flint. We also have a mayoral candidate who was recently convicted for driving his car while drunk on the highway with three flat tires—while driving the wrong direction on the highway. This same mayoral candidate has been thrown out of council meeting because he cannot behave himself. Flint deserves better candidates than this. While reading about these people it occurred to me that Giggles would be a more dignified candidate—and I’m right.

The final straw came a couple of days ago when the news broke that there would be no mayoral candidates on the ballot this year because of a couple screw-ups. We couldn’t even get a simple election right. And not even an election really—just the nominations. And yet we assure the State of Michigan that we are ready to govern our own finances—a task assuredly more complicated than filing petitions to run for office.

I am not one of those people who like to say negative things about Flint. I think Flint has a lot of potential. However, the combination of the aforementioned buffoons running for office along with the failure to have any mayoral candidate placed on our ballot was too much. All I could think at the time was that the situation is just another city hall circus. And what’s a circus without animals?

So, yes, I am running Giggles the Pig for Mayor of Flint. I hope that you will vote for her as a mayoral candidate who has never murdered a human. She has never placed citizens in harm by driving drunk on the highway, and has never interrupted public business and public meetings. She is a sweet and intelligent animal—which is more than can be said for some candidates.

Although I would like to take credit for being the first to run an animal in an election—it has been done before. There are towns across the country that have had cats, dogs, and even a beer drinking donkey who served as mayor. And years ago, there were several ficus plants that ran against members of Congress.
Let’s see how many people we can get to ‘like’ Giggles Facebook page to send the message that we expect better from out candidates—and don’t forget to vote—Giggles the Pig for Mayor.

DOMDOM
Apr 28, 2007

Fun Shoe
saying a pig is a better mayoral candidate than a bunch of degenerates is not racist

i dont even think pigs can see color

Beef Turret
Jul 9, 2009

by Lowtax

Enfield posted:

looks like that whore got giggled

MadMadi
Mar 16, 2012

This is one of the other candidates:

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/12/flint_councilman_eric_mays_cha.html

quote:

Mays, 55, was arrested about 2:50 a.m., Nov. 30, when police said they found him trying to change a tire on a vehicle with four flats. Police said the vehicle involved had been traveling north in the southbound lanes of Interstate-475 on four flat tires. Mays was charged Friday, Dec. 6, with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, possession of marijuana, no proof of insurance and refusal to be fingerprinted, according to Flint District Court records.

So right now we are either getting a convicted murderer, a drunk, or a pig as our elected official.

Throwdini
Aug 2, 2006
just a rule of thumb: if you have to ask, then yeah, its racist

reignonyourparade
Nov 15, 2012
Murderer > pig > drunk

Throwdini
Aug 2, 2006
its not racist but it is an offense to God - it bascially is putting human and animals on the same level

Pontificating Ass
Aug 2, 2002

What Doth Life?
here's the other dude
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/03/flint_councilman_who_served_19.html

dont hate on me cus i killed a man sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler
pigs aren't a race OP

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost
all politicians are pigs.
LOL!

MadMadi
Mar 16, 2012

Sintax posted:

here's the other dude
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/03/flint_councilman_who_served_19.html

dont hate on me cus i killed a man sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit

Dude has a platform against murderer discrimination.

Triamcinolone
Oct 18, 2009

Throwdini posted:

just a rule of thumb: if you have to ask, then yeah, its racist

that sounds pretty loving stupid to me

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
is Caligula racist because he made his horse a senator?

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Ein cooler Typ posted:

is Caligula racist because he made his horse a senator?

he hosed his sister, so no.

-Misfit-
Apr 20, 2005

I come in the name of Jesus Christ by the power of the holy spirit Bitch!
death to all pigs

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

-Misfit- posted:

death to all pigs

:agreed:

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

-Misfit- posted:

death to all pigs

pig genocide would be bad because then we wouldn't have any more bacon

-Misfit-
Apr 20, 2005

I come in the name of Jesus Christ by the power of the holy spirit Bitch!

gnarlyhotep posted:

pig genocide would be bad because then we wouldn't have any more bacon

refrigeration of all dead pigs

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

-Misfit- posted:

refrigeration of all dead pigs

if you kill all of them then there will eventually be no more bacon which would seriously impact my morning breakfast taco supply

-Misfit-
Apr 20, 2005

I come in the name of Jesus Christ by the power of the holy spirit Bitch!

gnarlyhotep posted:

if you kill all of them then there will eventually be no more bacon which would seriously impact my morning breakfast taco supply

the japanese will invent something

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

Real answer-- you'd have to do exit polling to even hazard a guess.

Throwdini
Aug 2, 2006

-Misfit- posted:

the japanese will invent something

are you xMisfitx

lite frisk
Oct 5, 2013
sorry your city is going hog wild op

Pox
Feb 16, 2015
This pig is going to ruin Flint Michigan

Mr.Pibbleton
Feb 3, 2006

Aleuts rock, chummer.

There's a town in Alaska that's had an animal mayor for 18 years now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stubbs_%28cat%29

Kiryen
Feb 25, 2015

Flint, as a community, should stop baconshaming.

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot

Enfield posted:

looks like that whore got g*ggled

Homo Simpson
Oct 21, 2014

by Smythe
Lipstick Apathy
why is your mom running for mayor?

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

i think it's pretty racist

Rambling Robot
Sep 13, 2011
Duggar Fan Club Superstar #1 LOL
toronto did it first.

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

jarofpiss posted:

i think it's pretty racist

why

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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as a torontonian i am inclined to say no, just incredibly stupid

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009


look man im just gonna go with my gut on this one

porkchop_express
May 27, 2004
at this point i think it would be racist not to elect the pig

porkchop_express
May 27, 2004
also can the pig be turned into angelos coney dogs tia

MadMadi
Mar 16, 2012

porkchop_express posted:

also can the pig be turned into angelos coney dogs tia

Giggles2015

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cool tree bro
Jul 27, 2010
nothing wrong with electing a pig mayor as long as you treat all pigs as humans. If you eat pigs though i think this becomes ethically questionable.

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