Dear Scroobal
Just compare him to JBJ, both get into equal amounts of trouble but one is electable and the other not. one has given the PAP heart attacks at nearly but not quite winning GRCs, the the other well helps PAP ministers earn brownie points with LKY by scoring easy electoral victories.
The PAP will fling m&d, its a given from TLH to Andrew Kuan to James Gomez, the question is does the m&d stick and how much damage is self inflicted and how much is because of the m&d ?
Locke
I chose Marshall as I recalled that he badly wanted to be in politics but had little clue how to be a politician.
JBJ on the other hand was a politician but not much of a parlimentarian.
As for the PAP, mudslinging, character assasination, labelling, name calling is their forte and its seems a birthright. That is something anyone born after the 1970s would know very clearly. Note that Chiam, Low and Sylvia seem impervious to m&d. Then again the allegation of compliant opposition springs forth.
At the end of the day, one must ask the question - is replacing one thief for another going to help society or do we let the better qualified thief remain.
My approach is to make sure that one thief does not have a monopoly. The immediate goal is to reduce the number of seats held by one party. Thats politics and thats tactics.