[okie01]

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"!

Thank you, Mary M. Lewis of Cornwall, NY. Thank you!

[flashbunny]

The underlying theme:

"We are more enlightened than those uncouth red-state people because we appreciate the french, admire cutting-and-running as national defense policy, and favor taxing everyone to pay for our favorite social programs.

If you do not agree with that you are simply uncultered, close-minded rubes. And intolerant, too."

[Imaverygooddriver]

No liberal media? Ever since the election all I`ve been seeing and hearing from is these Kerry supporting twits, yet the majority of Americans voted for Bush. Where are THEY?? I truly live in the Twilight Zone. The entire country is ignored except for a bunch of Saddam Al-Qaeda French Arafat loving twits. Someday they`ll give 1/2000000000000th the amount of hell to those psychos that they give to Bush, but I don`t think the cosmos will last that long.

[Lancey Howard]

Thanks for posting this - - excellent schaedenfreude fix for the evening!
I think these first few letter-writers ought to grab a shotgun and head for ground zero, lol.

[piasa]

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.

Not neccessarily- it's a pinholed ballot thing. It just so happens it's more efficient and easier to get away from it in urban areas where you often can't find a single genuine GOP or independent election official at a polling place.

[A Jovial Cad]

I, frankly, don't give a whiff what "Blue America" thinks about the "Red States" in general, or the election in particular. I have little but contempt for "Blue America," and am quite ashamed of the fact that I still am considered a "fellow citizen" of the swinish hordes in such places as San Francisco, Manhattan, Chicago, & Madison, Wisconsin. I wish they'd all just move to Canada, and leave REAL AMERICA alone.

[Free_at_last_-2001]

After 9/11 how anyone in New York could vote democRat just shows the depth of their ignorance and the amount of destruction liberalism can have on a society.

[King Prout]

Tis one is particularly amusing:

To the Editor:
"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

ahhh... the irony.
An offended non-New York urbanite castigates New York urbanites for arrogance. Then, he (?) goes on to blithely state that ALL of those who voted Kerry are "enlightened" - by direct implication stating that ALL who voted Bush are unenlightened, or (by semantic inference) possessed of a Medieval mindset.

*cough*
And who, again, is arrogant?
Oh, the irony.

[maryz]

Almost 56 million people voted their hopes and dreams in this election and voted for John Kerry for president.

"Hopes and dreams"? How utterly pathetic! What a tiny and stifling universe Kerry voters must inhabit!

[Michael121]

Dear New York,

BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

59,000,000+ people could see through the lies of the Democrats. Look at the map and there is more red, look at it county by county and you will be even more distraught.

It is not New York and your allies in hate and lies that are the center of culture. It is the Heart of America that understands what this country should be.

The media and Hollywood was trying to help you but naw baby naw.

59,000,000+ people voted their hopes and dreams also, but there hope is for America not what can my government "give" me. Their dream is that their children will grow up safe from outside forces.

We in the red seem to get it. Sadly you in the blue do not. Never will.

And one other thing if you are the center of culture why is it that the technology you should be better at, the Internet so full of red people?

Freepers and Bloggers took down the media in less time than Dan Rather can give us one of his "Mississippi swamp" etc sayings.

Too bad New York that the Heart of America still had a Heart to care about the people who were murdered in your City. You seem to have already forgotten them. Maybe your daily life is too full of running around the city finding the best pizza, java, chinese food, Broadway play.....

I guess we here in the Heart of the US just don't have full enough lives and have spare time to remember.

[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.

[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.

[Chode]

i'll say it again, if they have the blues, i hope it's a nice deep dark NAVY BLUE... not some namby pamby baby blue or sky blue that they will get over in a year or two!!!