“I didn’t say he was one[a pervert]. I said he “looks” like one.
It’s only anecdotal but I’ve heard that Fred’s campaign responded to this line of inquiry with (paraphrase), “It’s a GOOD thing that his wife looks better than the White House interns!”
Macomb County is also a lot different than it was in 1980. The last Census estimate I saw, it was about 900,000. And still growing despite Detroit and perhaps even Michigan trends. There is migration from Detroit. There is also a mixing across what was once a socioeconomic and ethnic Berlin Wall called Dequindre Rd., the border of Oakland County. For years, construction of I-696 and M-59 were held up, but now there is freer movement between the two. So if it seems different, it may well be.