Bloomberg may face anti-New York bias

[mawilson 2,133]

Well....they say there are more Jews in New York than in Tel-Aviv

Eh, Wiki (true by city proper, not metro)

The New York metropolitan area is home to the largest Jewish population in the world outside Israel. New York's Jewish population in 2001 was approximately 1.97 million, 1.4 million more than in Jerusalem but 600,000 less than in Tel Aviv;

Yes, I meant the city of Tel-Aviv, not "Greater Tel-Aviv" (which includes pretty much everything within area code 03)

[Alex+R 0]

i'm just spinning you up alex, it's fun to do

Spinning me up? Is that like winding me up?

[Ban Hammer 13,643]

i'm just spinning you up alex, it's fun to do

Spinning me up? Is that like winding me up?

[Jenn! 918]

"Religion may be very important in Bloomberg's case because New York represents

Jewishness to a lot of people..."

It does? That's definitely not the first thing I think of when I think of NY.

I don't understand how being from NYC would hurt him anymore than being from the south would hurt a candidate (apparently not at all).

Being from the South or the West helps candidates. Look at the last few Presidents. That's why Bush pretends to be from Texas. It makes them look more like a man you could have a steak with, because there's a perception that everyone in New England is rich and out of touch. Even if the candidate from the South is richer and of family wealth and a layabout and the northerner is a small businessman.

Perceptions are stupid, but you go to the polls with the electorate you have.

I guess it surprises me that our presidents are mostly from the south when I would think that similar prejudices would exist from a New Englander looking at a Texan, as vice versa.

[mawilson 2,133]

i'm just spinning you up alex, it's fun to do

Spinning me up? Is that like winding me up?

Plucking Mrs Ostrich, one feather at a time...

[Alex+R 0]

"Religion may be very important in Bloomberg's case because New York represents

Jewishness to a lot of people..."

It does? That's definitely not the first thing I think of when I think of NY.

I don't understand how being from NYC would hurt him anymore than being from the south would hurt a candidate (apparently not at all).

Being from the South or the West helps candidates. Look at the last few Presidents. That's why Bush pretends to be from Texas. It makes them look more like a man you could have a steak with, because there's a perception that everyone in New England is rich and out of touch. Even if the candidate from the South is richer and of family wealth and a layabout and the northerner is a small businessman.

Perceptions are stupid, but you go to the polls with the electorate you have.

I guess it surprises me that our presidents are mostly from the south when I would think that similar prejudices would exist from a New Englander looking at a Texan, as vice versa.

That surprises me too, especially since I know that I do have those prejudices. I know I feel more comfortable with a Northerner, especially because I feel like the South is practically a different country. So I can identify more with someone who has at least spent a lot of their life in the North. That said, I certainly like Clinton better than GWB, a Northerner.

[Ban Hammer 13,643]

i'm just spinning you up alex, it's fun to do

Spinning me up? Is that like winding me up?

Plucking Mrs Ostrich, one feather at a time...

poink! poink! poink! now what to do with all these feathers

[mawilson 2,133]

i'm just spinning you up alex, it's fun to do

Spinning me up? Is that like winding me up?

Plucking Mrs Ostrich, one feather at a time...

poink! poink! poink! now what to do with all these feathers

A man goes on an Indian reservation and sees an Indian with a feather on his head.

The man asks the Indian why he has a feather on his head and the Indian replies

"I fuсk one squaw!"

The next day the man sees him with two feathers and asks why he has two feathers

and he replies, "I fuсk two squaw!"

A week goes by and the man sees the Indian with all these feathers all over his body,

the man say why do you have all these feathers on your body and the Indian happily

replies "I big chief, I fuсk all squaw!!!"

The man asked, "Wow, isn't that a little bit hostile?"

The Indian says, "hostile, doggy-style, any style!!!"

The man says "Oh dear!"

The Indian says, "No deer, аss too high, run too fast!"

Edited June 21, 2007 by mawilson

[Saddle Bronc 124]

:lol:

[Nessa 23]

roflmao

[no name 1]

I guess it surprises me that our presidents are mostly from the south when I would think that similar prejudices would exist from a New Englander looking at a Texan, as vice versa.

Starting from 1900 onwards:

Theodore Roosevelt - NY

Taft - Ohio

Wilson - NJ

Harding - Ohio

Coolidge - Massachusettes

Hoover - Iowa/NY

FDR - NY

Truman - Missouri

Esisenhower - Texas

JFK - Massachusettes

Johnson - Texas

Nixon - California

Ford - Nebraska

Carter - Georgia

Reagan - Illinois/California

Bush Sr - Texas

Clinton - Arkansas

GWB - Texas

The last 18 presidents & only SIX are from the South. Generalizations aren't nice.

[Jenn! 918]

I guess it surprises me that our presidents are mostly from the south when I would think that similar prejudices would exist from a New Englander looking at a Texan, as vice versa.

Starting from 1900 onwards:

Theodore Roosevelt - NY

Taft - Ohio

Wilson - NJ

Harding - Ohio

Coolidge - Massachusettes

Hoover - Iowa/NY

FDR - NY

Truman - Missouri

Esisenhower - Texas

JFK - Massachusettes

Johnson - Texas

Nixon - California

Ford - Nebraska

Carter - Georgia

Reagan - Illinois/California

Bush Sr - Texas

Clinton - Arkansas

GWB - Texas

The last 18 presidents & only SIX are from the South. Generalizations aren't nice.

I don't know what exactly was not nice about what I said. I do think that presidents from the south is a growing trend that will continue.

[no name 1]

I guess it surprises me that our presidents are mostly from the south

An untrue generalization.

[Jenn! 918]

I guess it surprises me that our presidents are mostly from the south

An untrue generalization.

Ok, I'll retract that. I should have said what I meant, that there has recently been an increasing trend for presidents from the south.

But I don't think what I said was offensive.

[no name 1]

I guess it surprises me that our presidents are mostly from the south

An untrue generalization.

Ok, I'll retract that. I should have said what I meant, that there has recently been an increasing trend for presidents from the south.

But I don't think what I said was offensive.

No, it wasn't mean, it was untrue. Blanket statements or untrue statements are not good, I meant.