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HopeHoops

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2. When I lived in NH, one of my Congress critters was Dick Swett (no joke).

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Fri Jun 8, 2012, 07:49 AM

Jun 2012

He was one of the best I've ever had, but the name is hard to avoid giggling at. Curiously, it was a name that doomed his re-election. He referred to his opponent (Charley Bass) as a "slippery fish". The papers jumped all over that.

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Kreep and Peed [View all] Raven Jun 2012 OP

Hillarious!...Hard to imagine running for office with those names! whathehell Jun 2012 #1

When I lived in NH, one of my Congress critters was Dick Swett (no joke). HopeHoops Jun 2012 #2

Hole and Peck- My erstwhile OBGYNs cali Jun 2012 #3