Representative Brower attended high school in New Jersey and that experience "could have condoned in his mind the contradiction between public service and vigilantism."  Have you ever lived in New Jersey?  Have you ever even set foot in the Garden State?  Based upon what I have witnessed on Mauna Kea recently, Hawaii is much more prone to vigilantism by locals with a high school education than New Jersey.
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Why pray tell does being a prosperous attorney have "an odious quality that must arise from the fetid environment"?  Does the success of Representative Brower and myself perhaps cause you angst due to our relative positions in society? 
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I am comforted by the fact that Hawaiian "scruples" inhabits the locals from committing murder.  Absent such scruples it might condone in some minds...gasp...VIGILANTISM !!!  
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Finally "If the Democratic party only supported qualified candidates; we would have a two party system". That advice would be better directed at the Republican Party.