Sarah Thomson drops from race. Says, "We risk handing over the office of greatest local influence on the basis of anger" and endorses Furious George

Thomson, who consistently placed last or near last among the 5 major candidates and who exhausted her campaign funds a month prior to the election, announced her withdrawal from Toronto's mayoral race today.

She threw her meager support to George Smitherman.

Her statement can be read in its entirety here at The National Post.

this fine artistic rendition was stolen from Blazing Cat Fur 

UPDATE: Tasha Kheiriddin at the National Post took my headline and ran with it! Nice work Tasha!

Also: Vote for Smitherman!..Arthur Smitherman, George's brother who is running for city council in ward 8 and supports Rob Ford