Posted on 10/12/2004 9:39:45 AM PDT by Corsica Bella
Live From N.Y.: A Republican!
By Julia Gorin, Washington Post, 10/10/04
NEW YORK
I watch the forty-something couple survey our outdoor table from three feet away. The woman shakes her head and covers her mouth with one hand. The man speaks quietly into her ear. I imagine he's telling her not to be afraid, that everything will be okay. Even after I ask her to share her thoughts, she can't find her voice. The cause of her shock and awe? (Okay, "awe" may not be the mot juste here.) It's a "Bush-Cheney 2004" table that graced a street corner near Madison Square Garden for a dozen Saturdays recently.
We sold pro-Bush pins, bumper stickers and T-shirts, with slogans like "Ten out of Ten Terrorists Agree: Anybody but Bush." Our aim was to let the odd conservative in New York City know that -- believe it or not -- he or she is not alone. And to show our more "traditional" fellow New Yorkers that we're not hiding anymore. No, we're proud to be red (if you must call us that) in this blazingly "blue" city.
And no, we're not crazy. Just a bit bold, and tired of ceding the public square to the left, which flaunts its colors everywhere.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Your link shows that the article is not there.
Thoroughly conservative, Reagan-Republican, Jewish, Brooklyn born-and-raised here...and proud of it!
The link on this posting is no good. Try the other posting with the same title.
Hey Corsica! You got some press!
I WANT MY OCTOBER SURPRISE!!
I'm a Latino New Yorker AND a proud Bush supporter. We may be a distinct minority, but no doubt our numbers are growing. NY Latinos are beginning to see that Dem-Socialists agenda only offers parternalism, defeat and envy.
AWESOME article.
FYI, I wore my 10 out of 10 T-shirt this weekend in Central PArk and had 3 positive comments. One from a passing NYPD patrol car where the officer said "finally someone with the right shirt on".
Corsica, do you have any more plain Bush buttons? A friend is looking for some.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.