From an editorial in today’s NY Post

As former Mayor Ed Koch has said, hosting the GOP convention "reinforces for the world that among the many things New Yorkers do well is to pull together."
Koch, a Democrat, understands that this event is about showing off New York, not about partisan politics

The opinion piece is talking about the decision by the New York Choral Society to pull out of performing at the RNC next week. Apparently too many of the members felt a performance would constitute an endorsement of the Republican Party. It is this type of BS that has made me embarrassed to say that I am from NY these days. I think that much of the city has been struck by some weird amnesia. It’s as if 9/11 never happened here. There are times when I believe it will take another attack to get these people to wake up to the fact that there is a war going on, and it’s not against George Bush and the Republicans. After this week I wonder what type of view the rest of the country will have of NY.