Having said that, lemme tell you of an article which appeared in the last Warrick County Register; which, is this county's paper "of record."
Keep in mind; the thing's *given* away free; as, it'd appear no one's willing to cough up the fifty cents for a once-a-week copy?
Here's esentually what happened.
Hostetter was to have met with a woman's group whose cause was Breast Cancer, BC research, prevention etc.
This local paper of our's was agast (in their editorial) when Hostetter -- & according to the paper's writer -- while meeting with this group told 'em that recent "research" had concluded women who'd had an abortion, showed higher instances of breast cancer.
The *spin* on the "editorial" was many & varied; such as...
"How could he [Hostetter] be so cruel - so stupid - so insensitive - so uncaring" yadayadayada.
Followed up with, "Does this man Hostetter realize he's hurting his OWN political chances with this kind of rhetoric?"
Then the obligatory *guilt* thang to end it..."Hostetter had NO WAY of knowing if one or *any* of these women had underwent an abortion; so, *WHY* even bring it up!?"
Get the picture??
The man's actively pro-life to the nth degree & that's certainly no secret!!
*Since* this area of Indiana's overwhelmingly conservative, the people usually elect pro-life candidate(s) -- which explains to *my* satisfaction* why the guy's been elected repeatedly -- this paper then feigns shock by insinuating Hostetter was *implying* something more than what he actually said?
Deliberately & painstakingly itemizing each of THEIR (above stated) points; based, upon Hostetter's one statement?
~oy.
Sense an *agenda* here??
Same ol' modus operandi as the The Associated Press' quisling contributing rags will use at the LA/NY Slimes, WACompost, Atlanta Urinal & Constipation, Miami Heresy etc et al.
Point is: there're forces out to torpedo this man this cycle.
They're using tactics that've a distinctive -- albeit familiar -- Liberal-Socialist reek to 'em & most importantly they're using these *smears*, *scares*, *indictments* in an area which should very well be a slam-dunk for Hostetter.
A measure of the Left's desperation?
As I said, the rag this article appeared in is a "Give-Away"; so, take it for what it's worth.
...it went into my trash can anyway; as, it always does.
I am sure there are. All the more reason to reach out and support him. Congrats on living in his District.
You've got one of the best in Hostettler. I wish I could say the same for mine(Jim Turner D-Tx). Best I can determine, my reps only redeeming value is he votes right on guns(most of the time). On virtually every other issue he's in lockstep with the rest of the Dims. Seems many of the folks in this district are single issue oriented. As long as you don't mess with their guns you could probably steal their wives and ravage their daughters...
(I exaggerate.....some.)
FGS