Right Wing Nation

Pennsylvania suffers from Multiple Personality Syndrome, and it’s just weird. On one hand, we have the diapered, bed-wetting bozos in Filthadelphia Philadelphia, who pull stunts like this. On the other hand, well, let me show you. Here I am, dead in the middle of the state–and note this well–in a college town. You’d expect this to be a hotbed of leftists in dreadlocks, right?

Wrong. Let’s look at the county sheriff, who’s up for re-election, Denny Nau. First, go look at his official page on the county website. Note that he has put only two links on his page, one to the Pennsylvania Sheriffs’ Association, and the other to an application for a License to Carry Firearms. Since he’s up for re-election (he’s been the sheriff since 1991), he has a campaign site.

At the very top of the page, before you anything about the election or anything else, just under the header, you see, “Sheriff Nau opposes House Bill No. 760 (read more).” And what’s HB 760?

A gun registration bill. The very first thing on his website, and he states his opposition to gun registration. And if you click on that link, he links to the NRA legislation alert. Second Amendment activists are as a rule pretty hard-line conservative, but go to any of the gun forums for the county, and you won’t find a single negative comment about Nau. Read through his campaign site. He lists the NRA as one of his affiliations. For years, he’s been listed on packing.org as the Pennsylvania Sheriff to contact for a non-resident carry license. He’s a Marine who became a policeman as soon as he was discharged. He’s a law-and-order hardliner. He doesn’t harass law-abiding citizens. He throws criminals behind bars. And when a challenger criticized Nau for not buying new vehicles, his response was:

“We don’t need brand new vehicles to run inmates around and serve papers,” Nau said. “We’re making good use of these vehicles.”

Hear, hear! And a Republican challenger wants to buy new vehicles?

Denny Nau. What’s not to like? And it’s not like he’s just campaigning on statements, as the challengers are. His track record goes all the way back to 1991.

And here’s the zinger: Denny Nau is a Democrat.

All of the challengers are Republicans. What will they do Nau isn’t, and hasn’t been doing since 1991? The conservatives are perfectly happy with Nau. Why would they vote for somebody with no track record when they could vote for a sheriff they like perfectly well? One of Nau’s greatest strengths with conservatives here is that he strikes the perfect balance between being a law-and-order hardliner and leaving people alone. Guess who I’m voting for. Guess who most of the conservatives here will vote for.

Once again, contrast that with the bozos in Philly. It’s like living in two states in one. If any of the Philly liberals came here, they’d probably faint the first time they saw a flag on the back of a vehicle, much less a gun rack. But what makes living here so schizo is that there are enough votes in Philly that it sets state law, much like Chicago sets state law for Illinois. When I lived in Indiana, I used to feel sorry for people next door in Illinois. Now, I know how they feel.