Voters responded overwhelmingly to his platform, the main plank of which was a promise to tell voters what their elected representatives actually did on a day-to-day basis – a platform of transparency one might say.
And how could one not vote for a politician who’s honest enough to come right out and state that one of his reasons for seeking office was to help the needy, “including my family”?
It’s not a slam-dunk however as the Brazilian constitution requires lawmakers to be able to read and write, and there’s some dispute over just how illiterate Tiririca is. But should he take his seat I can only hope, for the voters’ sakes, that their illiterate clown does a better job than our illiterate clowns on the whole transparency and integrity issue.
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Sounds like Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien's latest campaign slogan - I really screwed up in my first two years but now I know better so vote for me again.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Larry+Brien+culpa+lousy+mayor+anymore/3623183/story.html
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