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

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

[TenaciousZ]

A man named Jerry Peace Activist Rubin sat in his stockings in his dark apartment

Beg pardon??

[tophat9000]

He called a friend and headed straight to the Red and Black Cafe, an all-organic, wheat-free, vegetarian coffee and food shop,

All right some one clue me in on this one...what is there issue with wheat?

[Tall_Texan]

This is the most unintentionally funny thing I have read in a long time. These granola-crunchers really DO think the rest of the countey is supposed to think like they do.

Talk about insular and out of touch with reality.

Makes you wonder how many more Johnny Talibans are being raised by these twerps.

[Californiajones]

"I am prepared to keep my head down, possibly for the rest of my life, under a totalitarian regime," Mr. Conklin said."

Just borrow a boast and move to Cuba!

[Tacos]

California pretty red (I wish we had the blue color back though for "R")...just need to wash down a lot of coastline

[Californiajones]

Well I've only lived in LA and NY for school and wish I knew what it was like to be in the majority. Last night's win was some consolation, tho!

[Jackal007]

Now these "snot nosed" liberals know how I felt as a United States Army officer having to live under the "Clinton regime" from 1993-2001 with it's "Don't ask, don't tell" crap.

Ain't "payback" a bitch?!

BTW, I'm thinking of starting a non profit organization that will provide free "one way" airline tickets to the "lefties" who say they'll leave the country and renounce their U.S. citizenship. I think I'll call it, See 'Ya.org...what do you think?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Hey, he's better than the alternative.

And that's coming from a Michael Peroutka voter.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Yeah, I do wish these people would just go to Europe or something...

[Stoat]

"Like DUH. I am a conservative Republican living in Blue State California. I am powerless. Its good to know the Lefties know I feel now."

Although there is some satisfaction to be had in this, there's no indication that they will learn anything substantive from this experience. Humility and other virtues are not in their repertoire, by and large, and they are already spinning this as merely being their failure in "getting their message out". Earth to Lefties: We heard your message and we don't like it. No go back to your vegan cafes and leave governance to the adults. :-)

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

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.

Hard to see how the Dems managed to botch the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tap this winner as their party's standard bearer, instead of Kerry. :)

[libertyman]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! What a bunch of crybaby liberal/socialists.

Hey, the whiners in the 3 Left Coast states could always SECEDE from the Union....that would do the rest of us in fly-over country a big favor!

[Californiajones]

It's pretty funny considering the context: lots of urbanites consider themselves "allergic" to wheat. As in bread or anyplace wheat might lurk. (Their overpriced "nutritionalists" have diagnosed them this way.)
Humor in that the red states are where wheat is mostly produced!

[clee1]

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

There MIGHT just be a TINY smidgen of rationality in this one.

[dancusa]

.....he lists peace activist as his occupation. = Trust fund recipient, professional student, loser.

[north_georgia_republican]

Right after voting i had to go to the State patrol office to get my drivers liscence renewed. So im sitting there and theres an african american guy and his girlfriend or sister or something sitting across from me and they are discussing the election. The guy goes.."i caint believe it...i thank all them peoples was republican voting when i was voting". and she goes "who you vote fo"? and he goes "why you axe me dat queshion...i vote fo kerry..he da onliest one who likes da black peoples". Then he looks around and says "Iffen i see a bush voter again i be whippin some a**". This guy is tiny and im a pretty big guy. So anyway they call my number to come to window 9 and as i get up from my seat i reach into my pants pocket and draw out my bush/cheney button and stand there as i pin it to my shirt, then i looked at him and he turned his head away. When i came out with my new liscence he and his girl were gone.
Angry liberals act like those little toy dogs that get upset and bark at you then when you draw back your foot to give it a good kick they run around and pee all over the carpet.

[CalRepublican]

You're in the majority. And if you take a look at that map above your post, you'll see there are a lot of places in Cali. where you're in the majority, too.

Liberals were isolated in 2000 and they are even more isolated now.

[Simmy2.5]

I live in California. Normally San Jose, but right now in Riverside because of school. Let me say, really quiet on campus here. Hehehe.

Oh, and my family voted for Kerry. This Thanksgivings is, ummmm...going to be quite interesting this year.