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smr <me@shawnritchie.com> wrote:
>On 9/19/2011 4:03 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>smr<me@shawnritchie.com>  wrote:
>>>On 9/19/2011 1:16 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>smr<me@shawnritchie.com>   wrote:
>>>>>On 9/19/2011 12:32 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>smr<me@shawnritchie.com>    wrote:
>>>>>>>On 9/17/2011 8:57 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

>>>>>>>>Take off the rose colored glasses, because you are speaking of a time
>>>>>>>>long before your parents were born.

>>>>>>>Hi, Adam. And fuck you, too. You think having the incumbent have to
>>>>>>>spent a THIRD of his fucking term worrying about reelection is a good
>>>>>>>thing? Great, you're a dumbass. I'm not, and think it sucks.

>>>>>>Nice straw man, shithead.

>>>>>>I said you speaking speaking of politics that you never saw in your
>>>>>>lifetime, and that your parents never saw. Get that reading comprehension
>>>>>>problem fixed.

>>>>>That it hasn't happened in my lifetime doesn't invalidate my belief that
>>>>>it would be better to have the incumbent focus on his fucking job and
>>>>>let folks vote to that, rather than the carnival of retardation we put
>>>>>them through instead.

>>>>Oh! You want better politicians AND better voters who make an
>>>>informed choice and have higher expectations.

>>>>Good one.

>>>>What will you ask for next, an electorate that won't tolerate the
>>>>antics in Springpork every year?

>>>So, what, we can't even discuss better ways now because you've deemed it
>>>impossible? Fuck off, shitbag, if I want to pipedream, I fucking will.

>>I have no objection to those who strive for political reform. I think
>>it's absolutely wonderful. My objection was to your remembrance of a time
>>that generally didn't exist.

>I never claimed personal remembrance, you lying cunt. Fuck off.

To set up your straw man, you cut your own incriminating words from
the quotes:

	We should go back to the old days where the incumbent didn't even
	campaign because it was considered beneath the office. You just
	voted on his record.

What you wrote was objectionable. It's still objectionable. Do you even
fool yourself claiming you didn't write it?

You don't remember such times. Your parents did not live in such times.
Your grandparents did not live in such times.

No shortage of corrupt politicians have been elected over the years
because the voters were appeased or held their elected officials to
extremely low standards. Incumbents won, rarely on their records, more
typically on the basis of "what have you done for me lately?"

I don't know of any large number of politicians who didn't campaign
because it was undignified. Sure, some who were considered shoe ins
had low-key campaigns, but that's not because campaigning is undignified.
It's because of the power of incumbency.