Coudn't have said it better myself
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The cat is out of the bag:
"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side."
Rick Santorum: Conservatives Will “Never Have The Elite, Smart People On Our Side”
Santorum tells values voters to be wary of the media elite.
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It's statements like that that make the biggest problem for the Republican Party. Republicans really have to do something about this. When you have people saying, "Smart people will never agree with us", it's time to kick them out of the party. If "smart people" don't agree with your ideas, they're bad ideas.
It's statements like that that make the biggest problem for the Republican Party. Republicans really have to do something about this. When you have people saying, "Smart people will never agree with us", it's time to kick them out of the party. If "smart people" don't agree with your ideas, they're bad ideas.
He was being sarcastic, please. You gotta learn the lingo. I don't think that someone who is on the side of Milton Friedman considers the opposition to be smarter.
He was being sarcastic, please. You gotta learn the lingo. I don't think that someone who is on the side of Milton Friedman considers the opposition to be smarter.
Certain political leaders from the past used to rail against the intellectuals. I won't name names. Maybe he was using "air quotes" around "smart people"?
Certain political leaders from the past used to rail against the intellectuals. I won't name names. Maybe he was using "air quotes" around "smart people"?
+Anton Wahlman I'm not so sure Santorum was being sarcastic. Remember, this is the same guy who considers "elite" to be people who went to college.
+Anton Wahlman I'm not so sure Santorum was being sarcastic. Remember, this is the same guy who considers "elite" to be people who went to college.
+Dennis D. McDonald There's a difference between an intellectual and a smart person. The way "intellectual" is sometimes used, it's meant to denote someone who thinks in idealized, abstract concepts, and not real-world action.
+Dennis D. McDonald There's a difference between an intellectual and a smart person. The way "intellectual" is sometimes used, it's meant to denote someone who thinks in idealized, abstract concepts, and not real-world action.