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| DATE | 2010-12-28 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Mayor Turns a blind Eye to Brooklyn
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On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 04:23:46PM -0500, Ron Guerin wrote:
> Michael L Richardson wrote:
> > If that is true why do so many Long Islanders go to The City (being
> > Manhattan) on the weekends?
> >
>
> I was going to mention that earlier, but I figured nobody was going to
> care enough to point that out. There's two things that account for
> this, the first being of course that not everyone is one of the "Fox
> Faux Conservatives", though it certainly seems that way when you're out
> here a while. The second is good old-fashioned cognitive dissonance.
> The most successful of the faux conservative Long Islanders buy condos
> in Manhattan. It amazes me sometimes how many of the hard right take up
> residence in the place they claim to despise only slightly less than a
> place they call the People's Republic of Massachusetts. If it's so
> evil, why do they go _live there_?
>
> - Ron
The Eastside is also traditionally Republican. The Liberal hold in NYC
is actually a myth, and HUGE myth, propped up by single party political
system we have. FWIW, we haven't had a Democratic Mayor here for 18
years.
Ruben
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