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No.

You asked me to describe my political views. My reply was small r republican (as a opposed to a Republican). My point is that I ardently support our republican form of government.

Regarding "politics", I was only making a distinction between politicians and representatives. I am using "politician" in the pejorative sense (which is how the term is most commonly used these days). Or, to be more specific, see definition #2 from dictionary.com: "a seeker or holder of public office, who is more concerned about winning favor or retaining power than about maintaining principles."

I have no doubt that we can replace 435 politicians with 6,000 representatives.

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