... a new CNN poll finds most Americans still agree with the bedrock conservative premise that, as the Gipper put it, "government is not the answer to our problems -- government is the problem."
Hallelujah!
And then they vote to re-elect their congressperson because it's different when
they're getting the government funding...
You can't really expect the general public to have a coherent ideology. A big chunk will probably just believe the simplest statement given to them because they don't feel like thinking about it. Most people are not political junkies on an internet forum.
