{"id":16,"date":"2008-07-24T18:43:14","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T22:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertyunionparty.org\/?p=16"},"modified":"2008-07-24T19:18:12","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T23:18:12","slug":"never-vote-for-an-incumbent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenmountainpeaceandjusticeparty.org\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"Never Vote for an Incumbent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Never Vote For an Incumbent<\/em><\/p>\n

Voting for an incumbent is like going back to the same dentist who pulled the wrong tooth the last time.<\/p>\n

Voting for an incumbent is like going back inside your camping tent even though you were just bitten by a snake there.<\/p>\n

Voting for an incumbent is like re-marrying your former spouse even though she cheated on you the last time around.<\/p>\n

Voting for an incumbent is like getting in a plane with a pilot who crashed his aircraft last time he went up.<\/p>\n

Voting for the incumbent might mean that you need a change in your medications.<\/p>\n

Voting for the incumbent is like taking your computer back to the same repair shop, even though last time they told you that your computer needed a lube and an oil change.<\/p>\n

Voting for an incumbent is a vote for “staying the course”.<\/p>\n

Voting for the incumbent means that you believe that things can never get any better.<\/p>\n

Voting for the incumbent signals the end of all hope for change.<\/p>\n

Voting against all incumbents is the perfect way to achieve term limits.<\/p>\n

Rosemarie Jackowski dissent@sover.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Bio note: Rosemarie Jackowski is an advocacy journalist. She is the Liberty Union Candidate for Vermont Attorney General.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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