[Pharmboy]

It would do the NY Times staff a world of good if they occasionally left the Upper West Side of Manhattan and went to dinner parties in Cedar Rapids, IA, Cincinnati, OH, Birmingham, AL, West Memphis, AR, Jackson, MS, Lafayette, LA, Portsmouth, NH, Boise, ID, Moline, IL, Fresno, CA, Winslow, AZ, Winchester, VA, Cobbleskill, NY, etc., etc., and not just amongst demonrat fundraisers in those places either, but a good cross section of the population. They would eat better, too.

It would be similar phenomenon to embedding journalists with the 3rd Infantry Division...

[Dog Gone]

That isn't going to happen. The only time they visit those places is to write a pre-determined hit piece, or propaganda for someone they support.

That may sound harsh, but it's absolutely true. These people think the world revolves around Manhattan, just like Hollywood thinks it speaks for the mass majority.

They won't believe otherwise until the market for their product dries up.

[Kip Lange]

You know, I've spent my life being the embattled conservative in liberal bastions -- born in MA, school at UC Berkeley, a year working in NYC, now back in MA...man...is there really a place where conservatives are welcome? Where I might get praised for donating to Bush the campaign, rather than derided by liberals who point to recent financial straits I have fallen upon and say, mockingly, "Bet you wish you had that money back now!" (No, I wish I had MORE money to donate to conservative efforts...)

Heh, I *am* being facetious -- I know the vast silent majority is basically conservative. It's just tough for those of us who are trapped behind enemy lines, is all. :-(

[speedy]

Hey, those guys won't even go to Staten Island, let alone leave the state.

[edwin hubble]

NYTimes should go to dinner in "...Cedar Rapids, IA, Cincinnati, OH, Birmingham, AL, West Memphis, AR, Jackson, MS, Lafayette, LA, Portsmouth, NH, Boise, ID, Moline, IL, Fresno, CA, Winslow, AZ, Winchester, VA, Cobbleskill, NY, "

Great collection of cities. I've been to most all of them, myself.