This might be of interest to Philly Metro Freepers.
I happen to be, at this very moment, working right outside Doylestown, PA, Bucks County. It’s a beautiful, once rural county (at least in the central and north) ruined by 90s urban sprawl that added thousands of high-priced estate homes.
What I remember most of the Murphy/Fitzpatrick run in 08 were the small yards signs saying “Sierra Club for Fitzpatrick.” That says it all. Murphy also claims to be a Blue Dog dem but that’s a farce and I called his office after Stimulus and asked them to take down the icon.
Fitz’s predecessor was a RINO - Greenwood. He voted for some bill that was against the Boy Scouts and I immediately sent him a withering email asking why he doesn’t just switch parties. He called me within 3 minutes and said the vote was a mistake then went on to defend his RINO-ness.
It’s a tough county and we’ve lost Santorum and Specter (good riddance) and Fitzpatrick in the last couple of years.
But Hammerstein was right about the county - at least what farm country is left.