Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann and the Tea Party aren't anti-intellectual. They just don't agree with the disastrous policies of Ivy League professors – Telegraph Blogs

The theory that conservatives are imbeciles has been around a long time...But the broad charge of “anti-intellectualism” is totally untrue. Religious and fiscal conservatives read books – lots of them.
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At the heart of the Tea Party is an experiment in democracy and self-rule. Its members refuse to be told what to do or what to believe. In this sense, they are the antithesis of the intellectual elitism that permeates Ivy League academia. Some might call them wilfully stupid. History will say they were wise beyond their years.