I will not vote for clowns.

ARGH!!!!

Earlier this month the provincial elections were also triggered here in Quebec and frankly, I've been doing what I can to ignore them.

Maybe if I don't look they'll go away?

Maybe if I don't look, the TV channels that I watch the news on will stop broadcasting news about La Castafiore and start talking about real stuff. After all, I think we can all agree that all three major political party leaders are bullshitting us on well, pretty much everything.

In fact, I suspect that those three haven't spoken any truth in a very long time.

Last week I wrote to the ADQ which admittedly used to be my least detested party, all I wanted to know was who they were going to appoint as cannon fodder in the Vaudreuil district (where I'm supposed to vote).

They didn't reply but this week-end I noticed they followed in the PLQ and PQ's footsteps and started posting signs.

Signs to the effigy of the following lady: Behold, Lucie Boudreau (poor girl, I hope she doesn't come knocking door to door one of these evenings...)

Lucie Boudreau (ADQ): Cannon fodder.

She looks harmless enough. Unfortunately for her she'll be lucky to get 1% of votes for in Vaudreuil the mentality of the voters is a bit "retro" and they're unlikely to vote for a newcomer.

This brings me to my point; this morning at the train station, the PQ's candidate himself was handing out cardboard inserts of his face with a Vote For Me sign on it. I declined to take one but I noticed a bunch of people had carried theirs into the train and when I got off the train at the second to last stop, it was littered with pictures of that guy.

Claude Turcotte (PQ): handing out cardboard paper in an effort to litter the train.

Nice.

I think was that on her photo Lucie Boudreau looks a bit overwhelmed. She looks like she's shrugging, throwing her hands up in the air with a suspicious look of "Hey, sorry, it's not my fault".

Look familiar?

Some guy that is showing the same expression as Lucie Boudreau...

The only candidate I've not seen yet except on the posters is the PLQ candidate Yvon Marcoux which is ironic. I haven't seen him around. EVER. Even though he was our elected representative for the last 10 years, we've never seen him.

Yvon Marcoux (PLQ): ghost...

Never at an inauguration.

Never at a family event.

Never at a sporting event, after all, we host one of the largest softball tournaments in Canada.

He just shows up, once every election and plasters his face on telephone poles.

So once again, as in the case of the federal elections last month, I will not go vote for I don't vote for clowns.

Krusty The Clown: Beloved Simpsons character.

Having said that, I might change my mind.

No. I doubt I will...