You ask a very good question Travis - why Murtha??? I still have cousins living in the area (my dad was one of 17 and my mother one of 13) and I do communicate with some of them via e-mail. I'll ask the question and see if I get a "printable" response. LOL!!! I think it goes back to the idea that Democrats and unions are good for the poor. This area has long been "depressed" after the coal mines shut down (and the reason my parents moved to Ohio for work).
CW ----- Original Message ----- From: Travis To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: Re: Murtha: Western Pa. 'racist' but Obama should win I guess the only reason they keep returning that ass to DC is for all the pork he brings into the area. On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was born and raised in western Pennsylvania (about 12 miles from Murtha's office in Johnstown). People there are anti-government and especially against the type of big government interference in their lives a Nobama presidency would usher in. CW ----- Original Message ----- From: Travis To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:45 AM Subject: Re: Murtha: Western Pa. 'racist' but Obama should win I wonder why all those "racists" would vote for him. On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:46 PM, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: PITTSBURGH (AP) - U.S. Rep. John Murtha says his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama's victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points. The 17-term Democratic congressman tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on its Web site that, as he put it: "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area." He says it's taken time for many Pennsylvania voters to come around to liking Obama, but he should still win the state, though not in a runaway. In a separate interview posted Wednesday on the Pittsburgh Tribune- Review's Web site, Murtha says Obama has a problem with the race issue in western Pennsylvania that could shave 4 points off his lead in the state. *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
