Hello. This is kind of redundant, but what Takeel said is right on the mark. I'm actually from Boucher's hometown (Abingdon) and can promise you the area, for the most part, is poor and packed to the gills with Bible thumpers who think Michael Savage (a whacked out radio talk show host) is God's right hand man. A factory or telemarketing job that just barely gets you into middle class range is about as good as it gets, not counting doctors and the like. Sure, there are a few bright spots (Blacksburg/Virginia Tech's engineering program, The Cinemall in Abingdon, etc.), but for the most part, it's a pretty but useless area you pass through when on I-81. (Don't even ask about off-the-beaten-path places like Grundy.) How a Democrat, much less anyone who's technologically-informed, got into office in this district is beyond me.
The scary part's that Boucher's workers are a little afraid of the next election. The Republican (Jay Katzen, ex-NoVa resident who couldn't win the Lt. Governor race and moved to Abingdon) is picking up steam and could give Rick a run for his money. Boucher's "not representing 'our' values." Enter Katzen, the GOP's carpet^H^H^H^H^H^Hknight in shining armor. Will he win? Who knows. Republican leaders were dumb enough to try redrawing Conressional district lines to try to get Ollie North running against Boucher. I don't know if it was because they smelled blood or if they're really as dumb as they act.;-) (Didn't they learn their lesson when they ran him against Chuck Robb, a virtual pushover, and split their base?)
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Hello. This is kind of redundant, but what Takeel said is right on the mark. I'm actually from Boucher's hometown (Abingdon) and can promise you the area, for the most part, is poor and packed to the gills with Bible thumpers who think Michael Savage (a whacked out radio talk show host) is God's right hand man. A factory or telemarketing job that just barely gets you into middle class range is about as good as it gets, not counting doctors and the like. Sure, there are a few bright spots (Blacksburg/Virginia Tech's engineering program, The Cinemall in Abingdon, etc.), but for the most part, it's a pretty but useless area you pass through when on I-81. (Don't even ask about off-the-beaten-path places like Grundy.) How a Democrat, much less anyone who's technologically-informed, got into office in this district is beyond me.
;-) (Didn't they learn their lesson when they ran him against Chuck Robb, a virtual pushover, and split their base?)
The scary part's that Boucher's workers are a little afraid of the next election. The Republican (Jay Katzen, ex-NoVa resident who couldn't win the Lt. Governor race and moved to Abingdon) is picking up steam and could give Rick a run for his money. Boucher's "not representing 'our' values." Enter Katzen, the GOP's carpet^H^H^H^H^H^Hknight in shining armor. Will he win? Who knows. Republican leaders were dumb enough to try redrawing Conressional district lines to try to get Ollie North running against Boucher. I don't know if it was because they smelled blood or if they're really as dumb as they act.