APPALLING – AT 10:33 A.M. ET:  Scott Rasmussen nails it in a new poll that shows the gap between the American people and America's political class.  The issue is the UN and how we relate to it:

Seventy-one percent (71%) of U.S. voters say the United States is a more positive force for good in the world today than the United Nations, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

Thirteen percent (13%) disagree and say the international organization is a more positive force for good. Sixteen percent (16%) more are undecided.

I'd love to meet that 13 percent.  Well, I probably have.  I go to Manhattan all the time, and used to hang in Hollywood.

But there’s a sharp difference of opinion between Mainstream voters and the Political Class. While 79% of Mainstream voters view America as a more positive force for good in the world today than the UN, just 45% of the Political Class agree.

Well, at least we got 45%.  That's some kind of encouragement.  But that means 55% are on the other side, which is what you'd expect of the "political class."  And get this:

Just 30% of voters see the UN as an ally of the United States while 16% regard the international organization as an enemy of the United States. Half (49%) place it somewhere in between. These figures mark little change from April 2009.

The gap between the Political Class and the nation is particularly large on this question. Eighty percent (80%) of the Political Class see the UN as America’s ally. That view is shared by just 20% of Mainstream Americans.

Huh?  Eighty percent of the "political class" see the UN as our ally?  It just shows how uninformed that class really is.

But the "political class" rules us, educates us and gives us our news.  It is an ideological fifth column, and it can ultimately destroy us.  It's done immense damage already.

Hitler once said that if society gave him the minds of youth, he would produce a successful Nazi state.  About 40 years ago we gave the new political class the minds of our youth, in schools, colleges, and the entertainment industry.  Observe the result.

May 14, 2010