Should the SDMB have an affirmative action policy for the conservative minority?

I was curious about the exact course of events. So I went back and looked it up. Here’s what he said in 2005 -

Thread link:

Direct link to manhattan’s post:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6082809&postcount=4

Lobsang, in post 4 suggests that manhattan stepped down for political reasons:

manhattan, in post 5, immediately steps in and sets the record straight:

Here’s a link to manny’s relevant retirement thread, from 2003, started by Ed Zotti:

And here is manhattan’s actual ‘Farewell post’
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3871771&postcount=107

So the “poor manhattan chased from the board by slavering Liberals” thing … doesn’t really check out.

PS - Bricker, you actually posted in manhattan’s retirement thread, Post 61. You just said that the board would be poorer without him. Unquestionably true, but nothing to do with politics.
Man, I love our “no deletions” policy.