Pirate, Samurai & French Queen: Bulgarian Election Candidates Are......Different

From RT:

A pirate stabbing a huge octopus with a sword, a cool and confident samurai ready to face his enemies and the French queen Marie Antoinette. These people haven’t dressed up for Halloween; they are candidates in Bulgaria’s local elections... 

Stoyan Tonchev is apparently a huge fan of pirate movies, like Pirates of the Caribbean. Evidently his favorite scene was Captain Jack Sparrow facing off with the legendary sea monster Kraken. In his pre-election campaign poster, Tonchev is doing almost the same, except with an octopus, which is holding a pile of €500 banknotes with its tentacles. The spoils of the heroic deed are apparently supposed to go to helping the poor....MORE