Move Over Dick Swett

In the nineties there was a politician in New Hampshire who had the most unfortunate name of all time: Dick Swett. His birth name was Richard but he clearly thought Dick was a better lead in to Swett, so that is what he went with.

He managed to get himself elected to the US Congress in 1991 and served four years. He was a candidate in the 1996 New Hampshire Senate race but did not win, mainly because his name was Dick Swett. Dick is currently mulling another run for Senate against John Sununu. Luckily for Dick Swett, he may not have the most horrible name in politics anymore.

Introducing Dick Clapp. Dick, like Dick Swett, is also named Richard but has chosen to use the nickname Dick because it works so well in front of Clapp. Richard Clapp just sounds weird and unelectable. Dick Clapp is more venereal disease sounding and therefore, electable.

Dick Clapp is running for City Commissioner in Sarasota, Florida. He’s the president of Sarasota's Indian Beach-Sapphire Shores Neighborhood Association. Dick Clapp is all about growth, traffic and property taxes.

"Been involved in neighborhood issues, neighborhood activist kind of person. My neighborhood and other neighborhoods around the city get frustrated because the city commissioners just don't listen."

Vote for Dick Clapp.

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