EmBARKING Into Politics

Not that I don't think dogs are more intelligent than most people but:

Labrador Runs for Mayor in Alabama

No that's not a person's name running for mayor it is a real Labrador.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. - One of the candidates in the race to become Fairhope's next mayor is considerably more hairy than the rest.

He also has twice as many legs and a constantly wagging tail.

Wille Bean Roscoe P. Coltrane is a 7-year-old yellow Labrador retriever whose owner has taken a satirical poke at politics by launching the pooch into the race.

The good thing about electing a dog like Wille Bean Roscoe P. Coltrane you could rest assured he wouldn't have any skeletons in his closet because he would have eaten them all.

I wonder if he is running as a laberal?

Wille Bean is not the first dog to run for office.

In 2004, Rabbit Hash, Ky., elected Junior Cochran, a black Lab, as mayor.

It was the second canine elected to lead the small Northern Kentucky town, according to the town's Web site.

The first was a mutt named Goofy Borneman.

Is this a southern thing?

Do you think the voters are aware labs are easily bribed just like every other politician?

You have to wonder if he has any pet projects and how much the taxpayer would be spending on pork.

He will have the dog days of August to campaign.

If he wins, he promises to increase the number of the town's fire hydrants ten fold.

He will go from business to business, greeting everyone everyday, and of course looking for contributions.

One of the issues his campaign managers are trying to hide is he likes to go out howling late at night with the ladies of the evening and they are afraid the voters may hear of his numerous escapades.



Wille Bean hopes the vote does not come down to a difference of just one vote because he knows there is at least one vote he is not going to get.

Well there you have your dose of politics for the day.