Dear New York: Some Feel Your Pain (a few more pro and con letters to relish)

New York Times ^ | November 7, 2004 | Letters to the Editor

[Cincinatus' Wife]

No. They think they need to save the world from ignorant Bush voters.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The left just can't be honest about anything.

[marilew]

Bless their little blue hearts. They still have the NYT to read and CBS NBC and ABC to tell them all the truth they "want" to know!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yes. "News you can use," will never fail them. He he he he he...

[Arrowhead1952]

I had to laugh when I saw the letter by Tish Brandt from Austin, Texas in LIBERAL Travis county. She must be one of those who demonstrated the day after the election here in Austin. You should see the hate Bush letters in the Austin Pravda.

Disconsolate New Yorkers describe the rest of us as "obtuse," "shortsighted" and "redneck." Now that's what I call "honoring diversity and having compassion for people with different lifestyles"!

Mary M. Lewis Cornwall

I'll see if I can find the letter to the editor from our rag here and post it on FR. The libs here are calling all Bush voter rednecks as well. The party of tolerance - NOT.

[libertylover]

send him back to Washington because they agree with his "morals" is nothing short of immoral.

Now there's Liberal Logic on display. Yup, it's immoral to have morals.

[PGalt]

Maybe B.S.(Bruce or Barbra)can belt out Lesley Gore's (no relation to Al I hope)classic..."It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To"

[I_dmc]

What *is* it they fear so?

[muir_redwoods]

The faith the Left professes in the wisdom of community has somehow abandoned them in the face of the community decision to re-elect a fine president. They are like the cosseted passengers aboard a luxury liner who complain about a rough ride while a competent captain guides the ship in turbulent waters. They feel the waves and complain but never give a thought to the seamanship that is saving their little lives.

Pathetic that so many better men and women gave their lives to protect this right to complain.

[Woodworker]

How much confidence have that vote fraud didn't deliver the urban areas to Kerry?

[keymaster]

I am New Yorker and I voted for Bush! Now I want to move...which red state do you think is the nicest?

[meyer]

.... the majority of New Yorkers who voted for Kerry were the uninformed sheep.

I'm not sure that they are uninformed sheep so much as they know which party signs their welfare checks.

[wildandcrazyrussian]

Well obviously West Virginia, because that was the biggest surprise in 2000, which was essential for Bush's electoral vote squeaker AND then was practically the first state called by the media Tuesday night.

I can drive from north central WV to Manhattan in 6 1/2 hours + wait time at the tunnel, but it's a different world here. You'll love it!

[lilmsdangrus]

LMAO===excellent!

[rock58seg]

Why does Bruce Springsteen look so ugly when he's singing?

Because he's ugly when he's not singing, also?

[weshess]

"A Blue City (Disconsolate, Even) Bewildered by a Red America" exemplifies why much of the rest of the country looks with disdain upon New Yorkers. It's not because we're liberal, but because we're arrogant.

Yes, John Kerry got 82 percent in Manhattan, but he also got 90 percent in the District of Columbia, 81 percent in Philadelphia and, in the heart of red country, 81 percent in St. Louis and 77 percent in New Orleans.

In other words, much to many New Yorkers' surprise, New York is not the center of enlightened politics in this country. It's an urban thing, not a New York thing.

Chris Dana New York, Nov. 4, 2004

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To the Editor:

Disconsolate New Yorkers describe the rest of us as "obtuse," "shortsighted" and "redneck." Now that's what I call "honoring diversity and having compassion for people with different lifestyles"!

Mary M. Lewis Cornwall, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2004


At least there are two reasonable people that wrote letters to the editor. As long as liberals keep puffing themselves up about how much smarter they are than us they will continue to be poured onto the trash heap of history.

[gortklattu]

The conceit of the liberals infects everything they think. Amazing People, the liberals.

[wtc911]

Bush's PV victory margin was 3.6 million. NYS had 2.8 million votes cast for him, including 47% of Long Island.

[King Prout]

OH!

ooooooooo!

that is mean.

I'm gonna use it.

[King Prout]

um. reread Chris Dana's letter. you missed the point of it.