[MadIvan]

Because Ithac voted about twice as much for Nader than Bush.

That IS bad.

Regards, Ivan

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Also:

The September 2002 issue of American Enterprise had an article about how the nation’s colleges are not merely overrun by liberals, but that there are so many liberals on campus that conservatives are virtually non-existent.

And one of the worst offenders? You guessed it: Cornell University (no wonder they call it “the Big Red”), of which only approximately three percent of its professors are “republican” or “conservative.” And when you consider that the study counted libertarians as “conservative,” you realize that the number could actually be even lower.

How bad is three percent compared to other colleges of note? Let’s put it this way: not only is it lower than Harvard (recently in the news for ITS skewed faculty population), but is even lower than Berkeley, long considered the most liberal campus anywhere in America!

Even the Ithaca Times has picked up on the “no Republicans welcome in Ithaca” vibe. In their recent “Welcome to Ithaca” issue they advised newcomers: “If you are Republican, get a thick skin. Ithaca has been liberal for about as long as anyone can remember, and …Republicans usually have a hard time here.”

[r9etb]

Because Ithac voted about twice as much for Nader than Bush.

That IS bad.

No, that's good, because those votes weren't for Gore. (OK, electoral vote-wise it doesn't matter -- but IIRC the Ralph Nader vote probably cost Gore the election.)