I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: PA, like many other so-called “blue” states, is ALL “red” except for Philadelphia, the state capital Harrisburg, and to a much lesser degree Pittsburgh.
And anomolous screamingly leftist college campuses like Bucknell in central PA have been the subject of more than one jaw-dropping thread here on FR, but rest assured that less than one block off campus in any direction, the real residents are “gun clingers” Obama wrings his hands about.
It would be nice to be rid of Specter and not to have an ideological fellow traveler replace Murtha. They’d still have a Dim governor of course but let’s take it one step at a time.
I'd bet against it. Fast Eddie is in his last year as Gov., and right now, Republican AG, Mike Fisher, is looking very good to win in November. The Dems are split on who to nominate and they have no one with state-wide experience (name recognition) right now.
You are absolutely correct. PA is a red state. Phila. and Harrisburg are blue. For years the legislators from rural PA have had to reign in Phila. on several issues.
Under Frank Rizzo, Phila. had extra hoops that citizens had to jump through to purchase a handgun. Of course if you were connected properly there was no problem.
The state informed Rizzo that he had to knock it off. They pointed out that they made Penna. law; not him. The state also refused to fund public education any longer in Philly. Public schools were a disgrace (they remain so), so a private firm was contracted with.
Every city in America that is controlled by a Democratic political machine is a disaster. Law abiding citizens are not safe and corruption is the norm. You can always count on Democratic politicians in these cities to dream up new and more intrusive gun control laws that have absolutely no effect other than to harrass legitimate gun owners.
Local government and unions are tied together. In Philly the Teamsters provide goons for any strike that is called against a business or an agency. I will never forget the people who protested an appearance by Bill Clinton in Center City.
Channel 6 cameras recorded Teamster thugs stomp these people into meatballs in the middle of Market St. It was on the evening news every night for more than a week before trhe goons were arrested. I never heard about any resolution to that case. Usually the D.A. sweeps it under the rug and all is forgiven.
Phila. is a sewer. It will never change as long as Democrats control the criminal justice system and city government. When the goons stomped those demonstrators Ed Rendell was Mayor and Lynn Abraham was D.A. Before she achieved that position she had been a pretty good, tough judge. That changed.
I will say it again. Philadelphia is a good place to be from.