Marc Thiessen defends Perry's Liberty University speech against Jennifer Rubin. Rubin doubles down on the anti-intellectualism charge:
Conservatives can and should be anti-elitist to their heart’s content in attacking supercilious liberals who don’t trust average Americans to run their own lives and perpetuate silly and dangerous ideas (e.g. poverty causes crime, the U.S. is the source of much of the world’s ills). But they win the important debates — and elections — by convincing Americans that their ideas are better and their candidates understand how the world works.
The Dish 