Can a liberal elitist be an intellectual? I don't think so.

By Bob Beers
Thursday, September 3, 2009

One of the typical fall back positions of the liberal left is to denigrate the intellectual capacity of those who disagree with their positions on issues. If you are pro-life you have obviously never studied REAL science. If you do not believe that Al Gore is a true prophet, you must forecast the weather by using tea leaves and live in a cave furnished with animal skins. If you don’t believe that taxing the middle class and small business is the only way to achieve prosperity, you must be a real fan of Dickens’ Scrooge and completely out of touch where true economics are concerned. As Van Jones called out to a questioner, “How’s that capitalism working for ya?â€