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Come February 25, voters head to the polls to cast their ballots for who they think will best represent their interests, values and vision for the province and country in the most dignified, trustworthy and responsible manner possible.

Dignity and responsibility matter about as much as any third-party candidate trying to wrestle away some of the spotlight from the race.

Local, provincial and national politics and candidates all get skewered in song, dance and skit.

Since our incumbent President's infamous and daring rendition questioning our system with "It's My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To", we have struggled to get congressmen (and congresswomen) to stick to the sentiment, and show their true colours.

I thought of putting Kermit the frog up for election in eSouth Africa this month. Yet, Kermit kept complaining that the Snowths were upstaging him wherever he went. I had to give in to the Embassy of Manamana's requests to have Kermit expelled from the next elections.

It has been revealed that eWikiLeaks had exposed cables from the eUS Secretary of State explicitly showing eManamana colluding in support of eUS interests. Kermit the frog has since admitted that he has been forced to stay out of eAfrica for the time being, and wouldn't be available for public office. Miss Piggy seemed disappointed.

Visiting the Independent Alternative (IA) rally in Gauteng; Chrissy and Busi, a middle-aged couple from Kempton Park, Gauteng drove to Pretoria to show their support for ‘sanity’. "Compromise seems to be out the window," Chrissy said. "People just want to argue and I’m willing to listen to both sides. This is what the rally is all about."

They praised the job the incumbent President has done, and agreed that the economic situation would have been worse off if we had been led by yet another PTO organisation.

"The President was given a plate of mouldy meat, and he wants to get rid of it and give us a plate of real good food" Kim I. Messenger, from Modimolle in Limpopo, said.

Selina Kitt, a small business owner, said she was afraid that if the IA doesn't retain control of Congress that it would overturn many laws that benefit the country. As a mother with a child (so sorry to reveal this, Selina 😉 truly), this scares her. "The current President is helping kids", she said. "It's for the middle class that we face serious problems".

The IA rally filled with music and comedy and served as a platform for people that believe in what is good, and what is right. Some dressed up in costumes with signs that read, "I am not a witch", and another that read, "this rant is too god damned high", referring to tax bills that will raise our poverty if enacted.

Most believe politics is readily reduced to slapstick comedy. To show them who is boss, let's create a miserable election for our previously PTO advantaged bretheren.