Republican Anti-Intellectualism

I'm always amused how Republicans speak of elitism and the "liberal elite," and emphasize anti-intellectualism, yet they themselves are members of the economic elite.

Unfortunately, this trend is not new.  I'm sure that Democrats have engaged in anti-intellectualism on occasion, but it does seem that Republicans are quite successful at it!

Rick Santorum calls Barack Obama a 'snob' for wanting 'everybody in America to go to college'

Republican presidential candidate  Rick Santorum kicked up a media storm when he slammed President Barack Obama as a "snob" at an Americans for Prosperity forum in Troy, Mich., on Feb. 25, 2012.