I have a feeling few people here actually get the nuances of VT politics.
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Vermont. The politics are extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of historical precinct data most of the elections will go over a typical observer's head. There's also Phil Scott's moderate outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Rockefeller Republican literature, for instance. The Vermonters understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these elections, to realize that they're not just important to Vermont- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Vermont politics truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Phil Scott's existential catchphrase "Listen, Learn, Lead," which itself is a cryptic reference to Olympia Snowe's political epic Fighting for Common Ground. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Phil Scott's genius unfolds itself on their NYT results pages. What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have a Phil Scott tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they've analyzed within 5 Vermont elections of myself (preferably lower) beforehand.
