Re Rudy’s Manhattanites among the yokels, a Noo Yawker writes:

I am one of those New Yorkers (and a lifetime New Yorker at that) that went up to New Hampshire for Rudy last weekend and we were very well received when we went door to door. The people of Nashua were very friendly and polite. While I would not recommend any New Yorkers to wear Yankees, Jets or Bills regalia in Red Sox/Patriots territory, we are used to being deployed to other states to assist in 72 hour programs and the like do to the unfortunate reality of a dearth of competitive races back home. Therefore we have real experience campaigning in many different settings and we don’t run around screaming fugetaboutit to frightened locals. The New Yorkers you imagine are often those of the Pre-Rudy days.

Oh, dear. I was hoping to be canvassed by a Times Square pimp circa 1988.