Wanted: One Good Dog

CANINE CANDIDATE COULD SHAKE UP S.C. STATE GOVERNMENT

FITSNews - August 6, 2008 - Until his owner took a job with House Speaker (and longtime government restructuring enemy) Bobby Harrell, there’s a good chance that Todd the Dog could have waged a viable, well-funded campaign for Secretary of State in South Carolina - a candidacy based solely on the elimination of this senseless, superfluous office.

Seriously, people.  This totally pointless position in our state’s totally ridiculous government is just waiting for the right canine candidate to come along and shake things up.

Oh, and there’s precedent for something like this … at least in the South, anyway:

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, according to Laurie Lamblin, a resident and employee of the town’s historic general store.

Sadly, our official mascot Peyton has shown no interest in running for public office.  She’s got some Alsatian in her, though, so anything short of a fascist dictatorship isn’t worth her trouble.

Ever the prankster, though, our own Sic Willie is actively recruiting a candidate - going so far as to collaborate with animal rescue advocates in an effort to secure funding for a “paw-in” candidacy.

Hey … it worked for Strom Thurmond!