Monday, September 13, 2004
You don't say
'Professors fund liberal candidates' - headline, The Daily Princetonian.
The imbalance is quite extraordinary. Through June, Princeton faculty contributed 160 times as much money to John Kerry as to Bush, and more than 100 times as much money to the Democratic Party as to the GOP. This pattern is neither surprising nor unique in the Ivy League.
Of course, it all goes without saying:
Indeed, only an idiot wouldn't.
The imbalance is quite extraordinary. Through June, Princeton faculty contributed 160 times as much money to John Kerry as to Bush, and more than 100 times as much money to the Democratic Party as to the GOP. This pattern is neither surprising nor unique in the Ivy League.
The University's results were in step with those of Yale and Harvard, both of which had 95 percent of donations going to Kerry. Harvard employees donated $213,045 to Kerry, representing the largest amount given by the employees of any institution or company, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
Of course, it all goes without saying:
To [Princeton] computer science professor Andrew Appel, who has given $4,000 to Kerry this year, the imbalance is not unexpected.
"Does it surprise me that smart people should be supporting Kerry?" Appel said. "No."
Indeed, only an idiot wouldn't.
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