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So I was surfing around on wikipedia and I found that Canada has satirical political parties.

Rhinoceros Party of Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_Party_of_Canada)
The Parti Rhinocéros, commonly known as the Rhinoceros Party in English, was a registered political party in Canada from the 1960s to the 1990s. Operating within the Canadian tradition of political satire, the Rhinoceros Party's basic credo, their so-called primal promise, was "a promise to keep none of our promises." They then promised outlandishly impossible schemes designed to amuse and entertain the voting public.

The party, which claimed to be the spiritual descendants of Cacareco, a Brazilian rhinoceros who was elected member of São Paulo's city council in the 1950s, listed Cornelius the First, a rhinoceros from the Granby Zoo, east of Montreal, as its leader. It declared that the rhinoceros was an appropriate symbol for a political party since politicians, by nature, are "thick-skinned, slow-moving, dim-witted, can move fast as hell when in danger, and have large, hairy horns growing out of the middle of their faces."

Bryan Gold of the Rhinoceros Party described the party platform as two feet high and made of wood. "My platform is the one I'm standing on." A candidate named Ted "not so" Sharp ran in Flora MacDonald's Ontario riding with the campaign slogan "Fauna, not flora", promising to give fauna equal representation. He also took a stand on capital punishment: "If it was good enough for my grandfather, then it's good enough for me." In the 1988 election, the Rhinoceros Party ran a candidate named John Turner in the same riding as Liberal leader John Turner, and received 760 votes. Penny Hoar, a safe sex activist, distributed condoms in Toronto while running under the slogan "Politicians screw you — protect yourself."

Other platform promises of the Rhinoceros Party included:

* Repealing the law of gravity
* Paving Manitoba to create the world's largest parking lot
* Providing higher education by building taller schools
* Instituting English, French and illiteracy as Canada's three official languages
* Tearing down the Rocky Mountains so that Albertans could see the Pacific sunset
* Making Montreal the Venice of North America by damming the St. Lawrence River
* Abolishing the environment because it's too hard to keep clean and it takes up so much space
* Annexing the United States, which would take its place as the third territory, after the Yukon and the Northwest Territories (Nunavut did not yet exist) in Canada's backyard, in order to eliminate foreign control of Canada's natural resources
* Ending crime by abolishing all laws
* Paving the Bay of Fundy to create more parking in the Maritimes
* Turning Montreal's Saint Catherine Street into the world's longest bowling alley
* Adopting the British system of driving on the left; this was to be gradually phased in over five years with large trucks and tractors first, then buses, eventually including small cars and bicycles last
* Selling the Canadian Senate at an antique auction in California
* Putting the national debt on Visa
* Declaring war on Belgium because a Belgian cartoon character, Tintin, killed a rhinoceros in one of the cartoons
* Offering to call off the proposed Belgium-Canada war if Belgium delivered a case of mussels and a case of Belgian beer to Rhinoceros "Hindquarters" in Montréal (the Belgian Embassy in Ottawa did, in fact, do this)
* Painting Canada's coastal sea limits in watercolour so that Canadian fish would know where they were at all times
* Banning guns and butter, since both kill
* Banning lousy Canadian winters
* Renaming the country Nantucket
* Donate a free rhinoceros to every aspiring artist in Canada


This is the second one...
Neorhino.ca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neorhino.ca)

Neorhino.ca is a Canadian federal joke political party. Created in Montreal on May 21, 2006 and recognized by Elections Canada as being eligible for registration on August 16, 2007, and an official political party on August 23, 2007. It is the successor to the Rhinoceros Party of Canada.

The party was founded by François "Yo" Gourd, who was involved with the former Rhinoceros Party. He stated he named the new party for the Rhinoceros Party and for Neo, the Matrix character. The party is currently led by Richelle Cloutier.

It promises, like its predecessor, not to keep any of its promises if elected. Among its early platform planks was to "take away soldiers' weapons, replace them with paintball guns, and repaint Havana." The party has also proposed a mandatory national gas barbecue registry and a guaranteed weekly orgasm.

:D:D:D Any other countries have anything like this...

That only counts as one, you know, and the Neorhino is not NEARLY as well known or powerful as the Parti Rhinocéros was once...it barely even counts towards one joke party...

Just so you know.

Edit: I was addressing every non-canadian out there, not New Manvir

Best joke party ever: Party! Party! Party!

(Yes, it really existed. It was a short-lived party in Australia. I learned about it from - where else? :D - Wikipedia.)

good old england has one, it's known as the monster raving loony party. it was founded back in 1983 and from what i know is still going on today. one my favourite legislations they came up with was to end global warming. the whole party were to fly up to the artic, stand in front of the glaciers and scream out 'stop melting', thereby saving the world.

here's the wiki linkage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Raving_Loony#Candidates_and_party_manifesto

I'd declare war on the moon. Smug bastard, looking down on our freedoms all the time.

lol now I'm gonna try to do something like that in the US.

If you vote for me the official language shall become Swedish, and the official religion will become Mormonism. All children of the age of sixteen shall be senior citezens and all senior citezens shall become sixteen. If you vote for me I will divert government funds into concrete production so one day future generations could fix the hole in the ozone layer. Everybody will have to spin around in circles nonstop on sunday. To increase patriotism and creativity one must juggle items of his/her choice with his/her feet whist doing as handstand for the pledge of allegiance. And vandalism will be illegal.....every tuesday. This man will be sworn in as vice president and murder shall be redefined as killing garden gnomes. Furthermore the United States shall also be known as the United States of Insanity under my party's rule. More updates as they come.

Just kidding. LOL LG will probably do it now.

The Australian Liberal Party is a joke to me. ;)

We have Kalle Anka-partiet (The Donald Duck party) in Sweden, which according to wikipedia got 230 votes in the last election. They apparently want free alcohol to the people, and wider sidewalks.

We have a few: Green, Libertarian, Constitution, Reform, etc.

We have a few: Green, Libertarian, Constitution, Reform, etc.

You forgot the biggest one: The Republicratic Party.

Nah. Those aren't the joke parties in the US. Try the Guns and Dope Party (http://www.maybelogic.com/gunsanddopeparty/) or the Libertarian National Socialist Green Party (http://www.nazi.org/nazi/), both of which are semi-serious.

The wikipedia has a List of frivolous political parties (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_frivolous_political_parties) internationally that covers quite a few.

I think I want to move to Norway and vote for the Beer Unity Party (Pilsens Samlingsparti)!

The best listing was for Belarus: Beer Lovers Party (liquidated in 1998). LOL!

I also like the Polish Beer Lover's Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Beer-Lovers%27_Party), a joke party that went serious, and actually won seats in the parlimentary elections.
The Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (PPPP; Polish: Polska Partia Przyjaciół Piwa) was founded in 1990, one of its leaders being the satirist Janusz Rewiński. Originally, the party's goal was to promote cultural beer-drinking in English-style pubs instead of vodka and thus fight alcoholism.[1]

The humorous name and disillusionment with Poland's political transformation led some Poles to vote for the party. The nature of the party's appeal to its supporters was reflected in frequently-heard remarks that maybe with the PPPP at the helm "it wouldn't be better but for sure it would be funnier."

Although it may have started as a prank, with time, its members developed a serious platform. Moreover, the idea of a political discussion in establishments that served quality beer became a symbol of freedom of association and expression, intellectual tolerance, and a higher standard of living. Its humorous name probably helped the party win votes from a politically disenchanted populace in the 1991 parliamentary elections.[2]

In the 1991 parliamentary elections the PPPP won 16 seats in the Sejm capturing 2.97% of the vote.[3] The party soon split into Large Beer and Small Beer factions, despite Rewiński's claims that "beer is neither light nor dark, it is tasty." Eventually the PPPP was dissolved.

We've got the monster raving looney party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Raving_Looney_Party

So I was surfing around on wikipedia and I found that Canada has satirical political parties.

Rhinoceros Party of Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_Party_of_Canada)







This is the second one...
Neorhino.ca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neorhino.ca)



:D:D:D Any other countries have anything like this...

Yeah, America has a bunch, they're called third parties over here....

:D

When I was at uni there was the Arty Barty Farty Party.

When I was at uni there was the Arty Barty Farty Party.

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Oh, Canada.

*feels patriotic for a minute*

Almost makes me tempted to delve into politics. ;)

The Party Party Party Party, The Par-tay Party, The Potatoe Party... so on and so forth. I love this country :)

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Woohoo, my first thread win! :D

Soon I will rule NSG. ;)

http://www.omrlp.com/

We had the Party during the last German parliamentary election. They're associated with the satirical magazine "Titanic." Bunch of assholes, if you ask me.

I always thought the German Car Drivers Party must be a bit of a joke, as well as the party for Transcendental Meditation.

Other than that, I remember one vibrant election campaign for town mayor in my home town, where 3 comedians decided to run for office alongside the "real" candidates. Their program was outlawing inundations and high water, putting a roof on the cycle paths between the town and a neighbouring village, as well as heating for said cycle path, and to move the concert hall 5 meters to the right for aesthetic reasons.
One of them actually managed to get about 25% of the votes...

1990 Bootle by-election FTW.

What happened there because I thought it was referring to this:

H'Angus the Monkey has been elected mayor of Hartlepool in a victory for the mascot of the town's football team.

The mascot's vote-winning slogan was "free bananas for schoolchildren".

Mr Drummond is well-known in the town for his frolics as mascot for Hartlepool United Football Club, nicknamed the Monkey Hangers by their rivals.

He has been thrown out of two away games, once when he simulated sex with a woman steward in Scunthorpe in 2000 and a year ago for his antics with an inflatable doll at Blackpool.

Despite the embarrassment Downing Street insisted that elected mayors were "the way forward".

1990 Bootle by-election FTW.

I always thought the German Car Drivers Party must be a bit of a joke, as well as the party for Transcendental Meditation.

Other than that, I remember one vibrant election campaign for town mayor in my home town, where 3 comedians decided to run for office alongside the "real" candidates. Their program was outlawing inundations and high water, putting a roof on the cycle paths between the town and a neighbouring village, as well as heating for said cycle path, and to move the concert hall 5 meters to the right for aesthetic reasons.
One of them actually managed to get about 25% of the votes...

Don't forget the Anarchistic Pogo Party of Germany!

We have the Lib Dems...no, sorry, I meant the Monster Raving Loony Party. Guess which party has a member married to half of the cheeeky girls...

Don't forget the Anarchistic Pogo Party of Germany!Yeah, but they're an unintentional joke party...

Yeah, but they're an unintentional joke party...

What, you think the Transcendental Meditation guys aren't? Have you SEEN them?
They're the people who hop around in the lotus seat when meditating....

We had a party called "NO" during one of the last elections. Their sole program point was to vote "no" to all proposals, even the good ones.
Crux: they were serious about it.

We have the Lib Dems...no, sorry, I meant the Monster Raving Loony Party. Guess which party has a member married to half of the cheeeky girls...

Neither actually.

20-25% of the vote without massive funding from Unions or big business and without donation scandals. Not a bad 'joke'.

In Australia we have the Socialist Alliance Party and the Australian Democrats have turned into a bit of a Joke

There was a few years ago a Happy Birthday Party that was offically registered it did however only have ony member

And I know New Zealand has the Cheese Party its main message was that all New Zealanders should be given free cheese

Neither actually.

20-25% of the vote without massive funding from Unions or big business and without donation scandals. Not a bad 'joke'.

Lembit Opik?

America needs a Monster Raving Looney Party. Eris demands it! The antics of the Republicans have ceased to amuse her!

What, as opposed to political parties which aren't jokes? :p

Well, I suppose the prime joke party here though would be One Nation.

Lembit Opik?

Is he married to her?


Though if we are playing MP Trivia, which party has an MP who can legally be called a "conniving little shit?" :)

Most of them.

We have the Monster Raving Loony Party, amongst others. On the election list for NRW in Germany, I saw a "Spaßpartei". The French have Lutte Ouvrier (who are a joke party, if not a Joke Party) and many other countries in Western Europe have joke parties that I can't remember off the top of my head.

Is he married to her?
Not yet, I think he might try to marry both of them in Saudi Arabia or something, and take advantage of the double benefits that he'd get for them :p

We had the Party during the last German parliamentary election. They're associated with the satirical magazine "Titanic." Bunch of assholes, if you ask me.Comes with the job - if the people you satirise don't consider you to be an asshole, you're doing something wrong.

Not yet, I think he might try to marry both of them in Saudi Arabia or something, and take advantage of the double benefits that he'd get for them :p

Ooh, those Estonians, coming over here and marrying out Romanians.

*Shakes tiny impotent fist*

:upyours:

Wasn't there an All Night Party?

Comes with the job - if the people you satirise don't consider you to be an asshole, you're doing something wrong.I have yet to be satirized by them, actually. I found their delivery of sponges to the US embassy in response to Katrina rather disgusting anyway.

Is he married to her?


Though if we are playing MP Trivia, which party has an MP who can legally be called a "conniving little shit?" :)

I was wrong. For a reason that is wholly beyond me, Lembit Opik did not marry one of the Cheeky girls, however, he damn well was, and may well still be, in a relationship with one of them.

As for the MP Trivia, I really don't know, although I'll assume from the smile he's blue. If so, I'd take a stab at Portillo.

We had a party called "NO" during one of the last elections. Their sole program point was to vote "no" to all proposals, even the good ones.
Crux: they were serious about it.

You're from Belgium? They were only semi-serious, they wanted to get all the protest votes. That way the protest votes wouldn't go to certain extremist parties iirc.
I believe the attractive leading-lady of the party also promised to do something with blowjobs (or at least it had to do something with sex) if she got elected or something. There was a thread about it a while back.

I have yet to be satirized by them, actually. I found their delivery of sponges to the US embassy in response to Katrina rather disgusting anyway.

Hell, it's more than FEMA did.

LOL! To us, Zapatero, from the PSOE Party and current president of Spain, sorta looks like the Crazy Frog. And ppl constantly tell him so in Parliament.

:D:D:D Any other countries have anything like this...

In the U.S., all of them :p

Ooh, those Estonians, coming over here and marrying out Romanians.

*Shakes tiny impotent fist*

:upyours:
It was a joke.
I was wrong. For a reason that is wholly beyond me, Lembit Opik did not marry one of the Cheeky girls, however, he damn well was, and may well still be, in a relationship with one of them.

As for the MP Trivia, I really don't know, although I'll assume from the smile he's blue. If so, I'd take a stab at Portillo.
Gabriella, and he still IS with her.

Incidentally, I met both him and Portillo at a conference about the future of Europe in Paris a couple of weeks ago. Portillo was the better public speaker, and quite funny (although his stances on almost everything are ridiculous), whereas Lembit Opik seemed alright in a kind of bland way.

the prohibition party here in the states is a joke. i just don't know if they know it themselves...

It was a joke.


Yes, yes it was :)

As for the MP Trivia, I really don't know, although I'll assume from the smile he's blue. If so, I'd take a stab at Portillo.

He is blue, yes.

But it is Rupert Allason. Who lost a libel action against Have I Got News For You for calling him a "conniving little shit."

Trivial trivia

New Zealand has:

McGillicuddy Serious Party - intended to satirise politics in general. Among other deliberately absurd policies such as mandatory homosexuality and free castrations it advocated the "Great Leap Backwards", a project to reverse the industrial revolution and to re-establish a medieval way of life. It sometimes invited readers of its manifesto to write in their own policy ideas, on the basis that the party, being politicians, wouldn't carry them out anyway. The party attempted to take control by challenging the New Zealand Army to a winner-takes-all pillow-fight. The McGillicuddy Highland Army occasionally fought the loyalist forces of Alf's Imperial Army, a pro-British pacifist-warfare group which supported The Wizard of New Zealand and which promoted McGillicuddy's rival for the silly-vote, the Imperial British Conservative Party. The party sometimes became the subject of aggression from unexpected quarters — in 1990 Green Party candidate Warrick Pudney challenged his Te Atatu rival to a paper-sword fight in Aotea Square (the fight ended in a declared draw, with both combatants treated for paper-cuts). Unarmed insurrection having failed, the Clan reluctantly turned to the ballot-box, contesting general elections from 1984 to 1999.

Imperial British Conservative Party - founded by Ian Brackenbury Channell, better known as "The Wizard of New Zealand". True to its name, it claimed to support imperialism, British people, and conservatism.

http://www.nee-antwerpen.be/index-eng.htm

And before you click the button, remember it's a joke party.

He is blue, yes.

But it is Rupert Allason. Who lost a libel action against Have I Got News For You for calling him a "conniving little shit."

Trivial trivia

He is called Rupert, a name which belongs on Teddy Bears after all...