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I know we can do more because 'rubes' like us punch back.

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Publisher guidelines all include one really weird direction that is slipped in JUST so the publishers can fish out manuscripts by "rubes" who don't know the "way things are done" and reject them without reading the submission.

Publishing Myths Contest! Editorial Anonymous 2009

And which approach, in fact, betrays more fear that Americans are "know-nothing" "rubes"?

Why I'm voting for Obama in the Wisconsin primary. Ann Althouse 2008

The director allows his alleged "rubes" to surprise us again and again with new facets of feeling and depth, as when Barbara Baxley's hitherto comic character delivers a tearful, sincere reminiscence of the fallen Kennedys.

GreenCine Daily: More on Altman. 2006

Choices are different than compulsion and unfortunately "so-called liberals" seem to think that State compulsion which is always a threat of violence is the only way to make the "rubes" comply.

"The cover photo of the TIMES Sunday magazine depicts Limbaugh 'dark and sinister' in a theme of THE GODFATHER." Ann Althouse 2008

The intellectuals in the Dem party don't have any idea how to appreciate the "rubes".

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CLINTON: And, you know, I really like that because -- because, you know, when you hear -- sometimes when you hear some people talk about people from places like Scranton and Arkansas, they act like we're by definition, "rubes," and we're not and he's not, and Barack Obama could not have made a better choice.

CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2008 2008

And which approach, in fact, betrays more fear that Americans are "know-nothing" "rubes"?

Archive 2007-08-01 Ann Althouse 2007

I know we can do more because 'rubes' like us punch back.

Drudge Retort 2010

You can only fool the "rubes" with your lies for only so long.

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