Such lofty goals, such high ambitions: A political party that believes party affiliation should have no meaning and a candidate should be evaluated and voted on by merit alone. There should be a rousing band of political non-conformists rallying behind this simple, yet revolutionary beliefÉ but what is the actual Meritocratic party? Alas - a dusty, echoing, empty Yahoo! Club with a few hopeful but fading messages scratched onto the walls. Even our Meritocratic host of the party, Staphylococci, seems to have passed on to another political body.

But we really like their party logo that looks like a Boy Scout merit badge.

 

"Every political party has a fraction of members who are the most qualified, most intelligent, and most reasonable. This upper echelon of politicians simply deserves to be in office before others, regardless of popularity or opinion. These individuals, whether they know it of not, are members of an elite group of leaders known as the Meritocratic Party. It is time, as an enlightened nation, to put our trust and our country in the hands of these people."