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Cordel: King And I
posted (March 6, 2015)
One of the very few bright spots for the PUP in the municipal election was in Lake Independence which is one of the few areas where a PUP municipal slate beat the UDP's. It's a surprise but not an upset, since it marks the return to electoral politics for the PUP's three time representative in that area Cordel Hyde. But when the morning started you would not have guessed that the PUP would win out in the lake - and that's because the UDP came out rolling like thunder. We spoke to Area Representative Mark King early on election day:..

Jules Vasquez
"When you blitz early like this, you believe it has a demoralizing effect or is that you hope that it has a demoralizing effect on the opposition?"

Hon. Mark King
"Well, we are demoralizing in Lake I in 2012, so at the end of the day, I am telling, this is more than demoralizing for them. When they saw us coming they had 100 down by KREM, well they need to go match that number times three."

Jules Vasquez
"His intent is to smother the opposition early, bring out 400 campaign workers and show how proficient his machine is. Are you all fazed by this?"

Cordel Hyde, PUP Standard Bearer, Lake I
"Listen, politics is like sports. You can't win before and there is a classic saying in sports and that is why they play the game, because lots of time there are people who feel like they are this big behemoth and they have all things going for themselves, do you know how many David have slain Goliath my brother? Please, sports and politics - it happens all the time, Jules know."

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