On the Avowed Left Coast, a Feeling of Being Left Out

The New York Times ^ | November 4, 2004 | DEAN E. MURPHY

[hellinahandcart]

They NEED to feel left out

Yes, they do. Most of the liberals I knew well (back in the days long ago when I still had some liberal friends) had persecution complexes to go along with their superiority complexes. They need to believe they're "hated for their brilliance".

[hellinahandcart]

Upon entering the cafe, Mr. Schmaltz, who is Jewish, grabbed off the cafe's bookshelf "A Beggar in Jerusalem," by Elie Wiesel, and read it glumly over a bowl of vegetarian chili. "Something Jewish will do me good right now," he said.

Vegetarian chili is Jewish? ;-)

[TexasNative2000]

"Maybe I'm on the wrong side of the culture war," Mr. Rubin said.

What was your first clue?

Mr. Rubin is the real-deal California liberal - part-time vegetarian, cat lover, sensitive to cigarette smoke. He says he has never owned a car, never had a credit card or a driver's license; he lists peace activist as his occupation.

It appears that 'peace activist' doesn't pay very well if he's never owned a car and never had a credit card.

[Renfield]

Bump! I need to bookmark this thread. These people are so cliched, one is tempted to think that this article was "made up" (a la Jayson Blair.....)

[Renfield]

I think we should all make a road trip to the Red & Black Cafe. (Maybe we could ask for some country ham with biscuits and red-eye gravy). Or we could buy one cup of coffee each and linger there for 4 hours. Hey! We could even have a prayer meeting there.

[Wallace T.]

Virtually all the food eaten in the "Blue" cities come from either the "red" states or "red" areas within blue states, such as the San Joaquin Valley of California, downstate Illinois, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

To apply William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech at the 1896 Democratic convention in a modern context, "You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of social and cultural liberalism; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country."

[6ppc]

"Maybe I'm on the wrong side of the culture war," Mr. Rubin said.

Ya think?

[TheBigB]

Kosher chili. :^)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! What a buncha flakes...

[madprof98]

There was a time--and a time not very long ago--when the conventional wisdom taught us, "As California goes, so goes the country." Today the way California has been going is the subject of a bitingly satirical piece in the Left Wing's newspaper of record. Quite a shift, thank God!

[John O]

many of the bleary-eyed dissenters looked like dazed zombies

Did someone say Zombies?

[Cronos]

to the libs:

Toughski luckski

[Cronos]

I wonder what you think about this other post here?

[Cronos]

Actually, why don't you tell those folks that they should go to Afghannistan and try and liberalise the Aafghanis?

[uncitizen]

For Ohioans living in on the West Coast, it was a particularly tough day. Jennifer Sloan, 29, was so incensed about Ohio's support of Mr. Bush that she had considered canceling her mother's visit.

This woman has issues! I'm from Ohio and living in CA. And i'm DAMN PROUD of Ohio for pulling if off for Bush once more! YEAH OHIO!

[DocJ69]

Man, isn't this a great day, Gosh I have been listening to CNN and enjoting it as they just can't figure it out. I LOVE IT

[ghitma]

Can someone please explain what a 'part-time vegetarian' is?

[uncitizen]

It's someone who eats vegeterribles some of the time.

[uncitizen]

Oh Geez, now i'm gonna have to turn on CNN just to get a happy buzz going.

[ORECON]

It is even worse here in Blue Oregon. The “One Man/One Woman” initiative squeaked by.

[spitlana]

"Actually if you will look at the maps that show county by county voting you will see that most of California is red, geographically speaking. Only a few areas are blue, the major urban areas.."

My husband and I were looking at the map and thinking it's blue wherever there's a university.