# Ask the Newbie Politician

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-newbie-politician/365877>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 24, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-newbie-politician/365877 "2006-07-24T21:00:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-newbie-politician/365877/41 "2007-10-16T22:50:01Z")

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[QUOTE=brendon\_small]  
**Reloy3** - What is an Otter Pop?

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Do you prefer [a brief description](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otter_Pops) or [the company website](http://www.otterpops.com/)?

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-newbie-politician/365877/42 "2007-10-17T00:24:42Z")

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Just remember.  
**KISS** the baby  
**SHAKE** the hand.

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**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-newbie-politician/365877/43 "2007-10-17T00:32:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Governor Quinn]  
Do you prefer [a brief description](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otter_Pops) or [the company website](http://www.otterpops.com/)?  
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Thank you! I had never had heard of that before.

Brendon Small

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**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-newbie-politician/365877/44 "2007-10-17T00:32:32Z")

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(double posted)

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**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-newbie-politician/365877/45 "2007-10-17T15:15:37Z")

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Sorry about the non-reportage. I did announce the result on another thread, but that was way after the fact to.

I lost. I did better than any other Democrat in our County (except the Governor, the only Dem who won), but still lost.

As an excuse for not posting, I will officially say I was very busy after the election setting up a private practice. I was, but the truth is, I just didn’t want to talk about it for a while.

I am still more than a little disappointed with my party. The local leadership was almost non-existant, and the all the State party did was send me a list of local addresses of registered voters (which I could and did get from the elections office and then promptly ignored because nothing is creepier than having a stranger knock on your door and then address you by your first name.) Meanwhile, the local and State Republican party was buying significant newspaper ad space for my rival.

Oh well, I am still working for my opposition, for a couple of more weeks at least, and my private practice is taking off. So all’s well that ends well.

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