College Educated - not "real Americans"?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/opinion/26egan.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin

Timothy Egan, Seattle

Two years ago, a list of the nation’s brainiest cities was put together from Census Bureau reports — that is, cities with the highest percentage of college graduates, which is not the same as smart, of course.

These are vibrant, prosperous places where a knowledge economy and cool things to do after hours attract people from all over the country. Among the top 10, only two of those metro areas — Raleigh, N.C., and Lexington, Ky. — voted Republican in the 2004 presidential election.

This year, all 10 are likely to go Democratic. What’s more, with Colorado, New Hampshire and Virginia now trending blue, Republicans stand to lose the nation’s 10 best-educated states as well.

It would be easy to say these places are not the real America, in the peculiar us-and-them parlance of Sarah Palin. It’s easy to say because Republicans have been insinuating for years now that some of the brightest, most productive communities in the United States are fake American — a tactic that dates to Newt Gingrich’s reign in the capitol.

Brainy cities have low divorce rates, low crime, high job creation, ethnic diversity and creative capitalism. They’re places like Pittsburgh, with its top-notch universities; Albuquerque, with its surging Latino middle class; and Denver, with its outdoor-loving young people. They grow good people in the smart cities.

But in the politically suicidal greenhouse that Republicans have constructed for themselves, these cities are not welcome. They are disparaged as nests of latte-sipping weenies, alt-lifestyle types and “other” Americans, somehow inauthentic.

Here in Seattle, it’s become a one-party city, with a congressman for life and nodding-head liberals who seldom challenge a tax-loving city government. It would be nice, just to keep the philosophical debate sharp, if there were a few thoughtful Republicans around.

That won’t happen so long as Republicans continue to be the party of yesterday. They’ve written the cities off. Fake Americans don’t count, but this Election Day, for once, they will not feel left out.

[cliffordu]

1. TOO BAD THE FOUNDING FATHERS WERE COLLEGE EDUCATED.

these people give stupid as a bag of hammers a bad name...

[Lost-in-FL]

2. ... and a bunch of elitist agnostics influenced by French people.

and totally un-American.

[cliffordu]

3. True, dat!

:rofl:

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

4. that is the first thing foreigners point out to me

they can't understand the idea of american authenticity through fucktardery.

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5. ACTIVE THREAD (same topic) at City-Data forums ...

http://www.city-data.com/forum/2008-presidential-election/473304-college-educated-not-real-americans.html

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

7. after reading that I would like to reiterate my full support for eugenics

<quote>Some people think because mommy and daddy forked out a trust fund for their education that they are somehow superior to everyday ordinary people. Fact is, most people are simply passed through college without much education or challenges these days. A high percentage of people who come out of college are probably dumber then when they went in and lack common sense. They often feel now the world owes them something delivered on a silver platter because they cheated on a few exams and played politics to their liberal professors.. They pass around master's degrees today like used toilet paper, making sure the university meets their quota of graduate minorities, non-English speaking students and so on. Makes them look good to the feds, but at what expense? A poor finished product.
</quote>

[K Gardner]

6. MSNBC said today "McCain COULD still win via Low Information Voters." Wow, how proud he must be. And

that is exactly what he is appealing to.