Owing to the usual democratic-sounding un-democratic ideas, French Presidential elections require that 500 Mayors sign a petition to get a candidate on the ballot. One mayor of a town in Calvados (Noron-la-Poterie,) is giving his vote to the highest bidder. Any punters?
Funnier still is the dim starethat the news elicits. The story's been up all day without a single comment at Libération.
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Election Possibly Rising to the Level of Ebay
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