Just How Stupid Is West Pennsylvania?
After calling his constituents racists and rednecks, John Murtha appears to be slightly ahead in his Congressional race. I wondered why the voters put up with this rhetoric. My answer came via Wikipedia (whose content I trust):
The 12th Pennsylvania congressional district is located in southwestern Pennsylvania. It is a heavily Gerrymandered district. [....] The district was drawn specifically for Murtha, including many heavily Democratic regions, while leaving more right-leaning Pittsburgh suburban regions to the 4th or 18th district, and rural conservative regions to the 3rd or 9th district.
New England Guy knows a little bit about this area. Perhaps he can explain further.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:09 AM
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Murtha had a true Kinsleyan gaffe-he accidentally spoke the truth.
Actually Ed Rendell made a similar remark, in a little less incendiary fashion, about the state before the primary (arguing as a Hillary supporter why Hillary would win).
He's been a Congressman for Life and before his anti-war stance, he religiously brought home the bacon and supported the military for years- the fact that he is only 4 points ahead shows how much support he has lost in his largely rural district
Of course the link is to the Richard Mellon Scaife's Tribune Review which writes even its sports stories with an ideological bent.
It could have been worse. Murtha could have falsely claimed they murdered people.
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