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NewJeffCT

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19. They've always been the anti-intellectual party

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #15)

Wed Feb 15, 2017, 03:02 PM

Feb 2017

dating back to even Eisenhower, who railed against the pointy headed intellectual Adlai Stevenson...

However, I would not consider Goldwater, Nixon nor Ford to be dummies. Reagan really started the downwards trend towards where the president was not the smartest, or one of the smartest, guys in the room. George W Bush took it to another level and Trump is the pinnacle of the anti-intellectualism (or, nadir?)

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Democrats have had a lot of smart and eloquent presidents NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #9

Yes Scarsdale Feb 2017 #15

They've always been the anti-intellectual party NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #19

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Ego Scarsdale Feb 2017 #16

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