Republicans and Denial - intelligence affecting voting [Mowgli]

I hate Republicans' amazing skill at denial. I was always taught that denial is a bad thing, a failure, but Bush has forced Republicans to reevaluate it as a critical skill. Nowhere is this more apparent than the recent election - despite overwhelming evidence, they refuse to admit that educated Americans as a voting block rejected Bush. Here is my final attempt to convince them of reality - if they won't listen to their own champions, I wash my hands of them for all time. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the man you've all been waiting for, Karl Rove. I'll let him speak for himself.

"Take a look at our agenda," Rove said. "Education. This year we picked up seven points in the suburbs over '96. Our education plan allows us to make further gains in the suburbs. It will also allow us to make gains with Hispanics and African-Americans. The tax cuts will make the economy grow. As people do better; they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing."

Karl Rove from New Yorker article, "Bush's Trillions" by Nicholas Lemann Issue Feb 19 & 26 2001. Reprinted in "The Best American Political Writing 2002" ed. Royce Flippin.