February 8, 2011
"Democrats typically outnumber Republicans at elite universities by at least six to one among the general faculty, and by higher ratios in the humanities and social sciences. In a 2007 study of both elite and non-elite universities, Dr. Gross and Dr. Simmons reported that nearly 80 percent of psychology professors are Democrats, outnumbering Republicans by nearly 12 to 1."

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Apparently this is driving the Conservatives nuts and while they seem to be in pretty good shape, they always manage to claim that they are the victims these days in a progressive society.  They are already talking about discrimination but has anyone ever bothered to think that the reason this is so is simply because Republicans/Conservatives have simply driven away all the intellectuals and all they have left with are teabaggers or other crazies who want to go back to the way they lived in Biblical times, teach creationism instead of evolution, and turn guns into toys.

Social Psychologists Detect Liberal Bias Within - NYTimes.com

11:12am
Filed under: conservatives republicans gop politics education tea party teabaggers 
January 28, 2011
"But Mr. Paul Ryan is widely portrayed as an intellectual leader within the G.O.P., with special expertise on matters of debt and deficits. So the revelation that he literally doesn’t know the first thing about the debt crises currently in progress is, as I said, interesting — and not in a good way."

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I have no idea if Ryan is an intellectual (I like to think that if you are an intellectual you cannot be a Republican) but even if he is, the only way to appeal to the Teabaggers is to appeal to their delusions.

Their Own Private Europe - NYTimes.com

9:40am
Filed under: tea party teabaggers gop republican party economy europe paul ryan