Reply #19: You don't live here. You don't know. [View All]

[lapislzi]

If Jesus (D) ran against Steaming Pile of Dog Crap (R) in this district, guess who'd win? This district was engineered very carefully to encompass a patchwork of semi-rural communities composed mainly of blue collar folks. There is not enough liberal in the mix from some of the more affluent areas to tip it leftward. People here are deeply religious (90% Catholic) and conservative, lots of veterans and older folks. And hunters. We're a little slice of Michigan in New York (sorry, Michigan).

We had a GREAT four years with John Hall, who did wonderful things for the district, like looking out for veterans, and infrastructure projects...and he fell by just a few points to Ms. Invisible Tea Bagger.