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George Wallace had tapped into this resentment, regularly referring to these pointy-headed liberals trying to tell “us” what to do.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

George Wallace had tapped into this resentment, regularly referring to these pointy-headed liberals trying to tell “us” what to do.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

George Wallace had tapped into this resentment, regularly referring to these pointy-headed liberals trying to tell “us” what to do.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

They accused us of being pointy-headed bureaucrats who lacked respect for the values of Middle America and vowed, by God, to take revenge.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

They accused us of being pointy-headed bureaucrats who lacked respect for the values of Middle America and vowed, by God, to take revenge.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

They accused us of being pointy-headed bureaucrats who lacked respect for the values of Middle America and vowed, by God, to take revenge.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

The man knocked the pointy-headed snowman down after getting a visit from sheriff's deputies.

Lethal Bomb Found Along MLK Day Parade Route AP 2011

The man knocked the pointy-headed snowman down after getting a visit from sheriff's deputies.

Lethal Bomb Found Along MLK Day Parade Route AP 2011

Just as all politics is identity politics (very few people identify with “pointy-headed intellectuals”), most politics is adversarial: if you can caricature your opponents more effectively, you win.

Matthew Yglesias » Pro-Slavery 2010

Ever notice that it's always Education Secretary Arne Duncan or the pointy-headed wonks talking about how bipartisan education is and how the conditions are always ripe for a speedy reauthorization of No Child Left Behind -- but rarely the White House or the education groups or the savvy political operators who actually know what they're talking about?

The case against NCLB reauthorization Valerie Strauss 2011