Since the Left first set about to hijack control of our educational establishments and to intentionally substitute ideology for knowledge, they have claimed a monopoly on intellectualism.
Such claims are a product of both deception and conceit. No conservative politician, or indeed, any conservative intellectual will ever meet the Left's standard for wisdom, which consists entirely of agreeing with them.
The Left has no standard for wisdom. The Left--except for a few demagogues & scoundrels who are pushing the buttons of their neurotic followers--is caught up in a compulsive war on reality. They, as a group, represent the absolute antithesis of wisdom. They are the courtiers, fawning over the Emperor's New Clothes. The mob looting the fruits of better men's labor. The automatons chanting in unison at a Bolshevik, Nazi or Obamanist rally.
To understand how far these people are from having genuine intellectual strength, consider: "Liberals" Or "Mipips" [Marxist Influenced Pseudo Intellectual Poseurs.} Anyone on our side who has ever debated the ilk, knows how inadequate they are in the realm of logic or reason.
William Flax