Pauline Kael is the liberal NYC journalist who famously said of Nixon's landslide election win "I don't know anyone who voted for him." She's been held up for decades now as the symbol of elite detachment from the views of common Americans.
Well either there is a problem with this poll:
Americans strongly oppose laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions...
or I'm having a Pauline Kael moment as well. I don't know anyone who supports public service labor unions, who isn't actually in one. Granted, it's USA today, a publication well known for it's one sided view. But this is really 'off the chart' in my world.
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Polls like this are why I'm always reluctant to get on board with any populist/anti-elitism rhetoric. Right now I really feel like looking down on the ignorant masses.
Oh well, what's popular is popular and what's right is right and they won't always agree. Hence the results of election 2008.
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