Liberals in Manhattan

Reader comment on item: [Theo van Gogh and] "Education By Murder" in Holland

Submitted by Leif Knutsen (United States), Nov 17, 2004 at 08:10

Dr. Pipes -

You wrote:

"It took 3,000 deaths to wake up Americans, or at least to wake up the half of them who are conservative."

A clear majority of voters on the island of Manhattan voted for Kerry. To suggest that these people didn't wake up to the danger of terrorism because they were "liberal," is deeply offensive.

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