Morris the Cat Runs for Mayor of Mexican City

ABC News ^ | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ

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This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes.

Morris, a black-and-white kitten with orange eyes, is running for mayor of Xalapa in eastern Mexico with the campaign slogan "Tired of Voting for Rats? Vote for a Cat." And he is attracting tens of thousands of politician-weary, two-legged supporters on social media.

"He sleeps almost all day and does nothing, and that fits the profile of a politician," said 35-year-old office worker Sergio Chamorro, who adopted the 10-month-old feline last year.

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The GOP should try slamming the Rats with the beginning of that slogan.

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Mods: Source should be AP.

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[UCANSEE2]

Well.... he’s going to need all of those NINE LIVES.

[Navy_Air]

Morris...No, Felix....Yes!

[workerbee]

"In this state there is no rule of law, there is no respect for human rights, there are no institutions," Mazzotti said. "It's great that this campaign is showing the fiction in our elections. Every three years politicians laugh at us, it's good to laugh at them a bit, too."

Huh.

I think my cat just became a contendah!

[posterchild]

He sleeps almost all day and does nothing, and that fits the profile of a politician

I wish we were so lucky.

[faithhopecharity]

We’d be lucky if all the politicians just ate and slept all day. Damned lucky !!!!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I like the Shepherd Fairey-style posters they've come up with.

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HOPE could be replaced by MEOW on the poster.