Let me detail my thoughts.
it's (the GOP is) going to have to be (primarily) blue collar folks (who are) unpolluted by universities and "erudition."
I did NOT mean:
it's (the GOP is) going to have to be (exclusively) blue collar folks, (and the GOP will need to be) unpolluted by universities and "erudition."
However, having extracted an advanced degree myself from a University in spite of the "intellectual pollution" surrounding those places, I can assure you that I -do- admire intelligent blue collar folks who did not choose that path. They are many, and they tend in my mind to be the most representative of the classical individualist American of the past, better gorunded in basic principles, and altogether more pleasant people to be around.
I see Universities like Hospitals. Central points of contact which perform some of the highest, most advanced functions of modern civilization...but also....a place which draws the best minds but also certain sick people, and perfectly healthy people can contract deadly infections in the normal course of business!!!!
I am college educated (only one in my family) from blue collar folks, so I do appreciate *those people*.. ;) In fact, I don’t think either of my husband’s parents had college degrees either. I consider both sets of parents to be very smart people, and all good conservatives. I think both sorts of folks can be conservatives, altho I DO admit I worry about what is coming out of the universities these days because of the serious brain washing that goes on. Honestly, it never occurred to me that the Republican party didn’t welcome both sorts of people.
And thank you for clarifying. :)