A headline that you won't (but probably should) see often

[marmar]

Brazil tests literacy of clown elected to Congress
By STAN LEHMAN, Associated Press – Thu Nov 11, 1:34 pm ET


SAO PAULO – Grumpy the clown won election in a laugher, getting more votes than any other candidate for Brazil's Congress. Now he has to prove that he can read and write.

The Sao Paulo Electoral Court held a closed-door exam for the clown turned congressman-elect on Thursday to determine if he meets a constitutional mandate that federal lawmakers be literate.

Francisco Silva became famous as Tiririca — "Grumpy" in Portuguese — and received about 1.3 million votes, nearly twice as many as the next-highest vote-getter in last month's congressional elections.

His campaign videos drew millions of viewers on the Internet, with slogans such as "It can't get any worse" and "What does a federal deputy do? Truly, I don't know. But vote for me and you'll find out." ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_brazil_elections_clown

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Well, at least the Brazilians ADMIT it when they're electing clowns

to office.

Unlike some more northerly countries I could name.

[marmar]

2. So true.....And at least their clowns don't try to run as anything but what they are, unlike

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uiJpeGiirYM/TKO0pYVTlII/AAAAAAAAALA/2y6Qf3TQiTo/s1600/chris+o%27donnell.jpg

[BrklynLiberal]

3. ROTFLMAO! Truthiness!!!!!!!!!!

[alp227]

4. "Smirk." --the American Clown-in-Chief

[Initech]

5. And that's different than the clowns we elect here?

[niyad]

6. gee, too bad we don't have that sort of literacy test here for our elected shills.