[Congressman Billybob]

You ran a hopeless campaign. No big deal. Most successful politicians have at least one of those on their resumes, as do I. I ran for the Baltimore City Council in 1971.

I did too little planning, not enough staffing, not enough fund-raising, and got stomped into the mud. Wrote it up in a Newsday and wire-service article in 1982 under the title "Here's to the Also-Rans."

As for your "misogynist" comment, nowhere have I suggested that women are any more likely to run hopeless campaigns than men. It is a common failing of first-time candidates.

I gather you did not come close to winning. If you had, you would have mentioned it. Then, improve your planning, your fund-raising and your staffing, and good luck next time around.

I write about campaigns to help other people run more competently than they otherwise would, by benefiting from other people's mistakes, including my own. And I do know my stuff about politics, as the article below plainly demonstrates.

Congressman Billybob

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[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

You ran a hopeless campaign.

In the immortal words of Mama T..... SHOVE IT!