You have to understand that the pols don't "grok" the basic intelligence of the grass roots of the conservative movement. They think they themselves are well informed lion tamers of public opinion, and that the activists are narrow minded, uninformed, strident - walking examples of irrational passion, useful only for their votes and occasionally their energy.
Whereas the reality is the sort of people you find here have read deeply in all the sources of conservative thought, judged wisely in a thousand twists and turns of public life to wind up where they are politically, have enourmous depths of real life experience and common sense, and know what does and does not work in the long run. Far better than the pols do, since the pols are constantly mistaking short term political possibility for actual expediency. (Leading them to e.g. choose the moment of their maximum political weakness to cooperate with their greatest enemies, etc).
Fundamentally, they do not understand that they are our servants and employees and we are their intellectual betters. Occasionally they learn it, but always the hard way, and they never seem to remember or take it truly to heart. Probably because the truth isn't as flattering as their office assistants.
This ought to be on the masthead for Free Republic!
Along with this:
Fundamentally, they do not understand that they are our servants and employees and we are their intellectual betters.
Well Said.