16 Jan 2016
Ted Cruz Apologizes to New Yorkers
2016 Election, New York City, Ted Cruz
Ben Shapiro observes that the rest of us understand exactly what Ted Cruz was talking about.
The media of New York City playing dumb on “New York values†while they look down their noses at the rest of the country is the height of ridiculousness.
Mark Twain knew what New York values were: “All men in New York insult you–there seem to be no exceptions. There are exceptions of course–have been–but they are probably dead. I am speaking of all persons there who are clothed in a little brief authority.†That was in 1885. Nothing has changed.
New Yorkers are famous for being rude, socially liberal, in favor of big government, in favor of social leftism – and most of all, convinced of their own superiority. This is why everyone hates Yankees fans.
There are wonderful things about New Yorkers, too. But when people say that someone is “New York†outside New York, everybody knows what they mean, just as if they say that someone is “Texas†outside Texas, everybody knows what they mean.
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Any Iowa Banker knows what Cruz meant.
