| rdfs:comment | - Retiring Rep. Tom Tigue, D-Hughestown, offered some parting thoughts, suggesting some of the nastiness of politics is self-generated by vicious campaigns. "One of the things we have to do is to change the way we run campaigns," Mr. Tigue told colleagues in his final floor speech. Mr. Tigue jokingly noted his voters are hardly stupid. "Don't underestimate the intelligence of your constituents. I think my voters are very intelligent - 13 times in a row," said Mr. Tigue, a reference to the number of terms he was elected to serve.
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| abstract | - Retiring Rep. Tom Tigue, D-Hughestown, offered some parting thoughts, suggesting some of the nastiness of politics is self-generated by vicious campaigns. "One of the things we have to do is to change the way we run campaigns," Mr. Tigue told colleagues in his final floor speech. "Collectively we talk about the negative media," he said. "We generate some of that negativism by the campaigns that are run, with the character assassinations that are done. Hopefully, someday we will show that you don't need to do that. The money that's used in campaigns is obscene. Those are things we should change." Mr. Tigue jokingly noted his voters are hardly stupid. "Don't underestimate the intelligence of your constituents. I think my voters are very intelligent - 13 times in a row," said Mr. Tigue, a reference to the number of terms he was elected to serve.
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