Back from the Poconos again.
On Friday morning, I read that President Bush was going to be appearing at a campaign stop in Lackawanna County, less than a half-hour away from where my wife's mom owns the property we use as our summer getaway. Oh how I wish I had taken an extra day so I could have attended that rally! It was well written up in the newspaper the next day, so I got to read all about it. Major emphasis on stopping medical malpractice abuse, and a word of support for the Second Amendment! Yea!
We go to several baseball games at that stadium each year, and know that area well, except for downtown Scranton, where we got lost Saturday looking for the Italian festival. Got there eventually, and it was really cool to see all the folks wearing their Bush-Cheney t-shirts and buttons (I wore the one with W branding the donkey, plus a Bush-Cheney balloon for Rebecca). There were quite a few Kerry supporters, but I think if Scranton voters had their way, President Bush would have PA's votes this November. Of course, Scranton isn't the biggest city in Pennsylvania, so it is a big-time battleground state.