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Feb 27, 2011 · The clearest example of the bizarrely naive quality of hermetic liberal provincialism was attributed to the New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael almost 40 years ago, and has been discussed in right-wing circles ever since. It went something like this: “I can’t believe Nixon won.
Oct 23, 2012 · October 23, 2012. Conservative bloggers and pundits may know nothing about film or film reviewing but one factoid that they cite as an article of faith is that critic Pauline Kael once...
Nov 7, 2023 · Often quoted as "How could Nixon have won? Nobody I know voted for him"; referring to George McGovern 's loss to Richard Nixon in in the 1972 presidential election.
Nov 12, 2012 · Kael was The New Yorker movie critic who famously said in the wake of Richard M. Nixon’s 49-state landslide in 1972 that she knew only one person who voted for Nixon.
May 9, 2018 · Nobody I know voted for him”. It’s always nice, now and then, to remind people in the press and in academia of Pauline Kael’s famous (or infamous) quote referring to George McGovern’s loss to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election.
Jun 16, 2013 · A fter Richard Nixon was re-elected President in 1972, Newsweek magazine quoted acclaimed film critic Pauline Kael as saying: “I live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted for Nixon. Where they are, I don’t know. They’re outside my ken.” It is a quote that has taken root in American culture.
Nov 26, 2014 · “I don’t know anyone who voted for Nixon.” This is the quote attributed to Kael after Nixon’s landslide victory over George McGovern. She was a New York City resident and film critic.
Nov 1, 2012 · Long ago, the film critic Pauline Kael was ridiculed for reportedly having said, after Richard Nixon's 49-state win over George McGovern in 1972, "How can that be? No one I know voted for...
Apr 20, 2012 · For conservatives, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael is notorious for her comment of astonishment when Richard Nixon won the 1972 presidential election since, as she remarked, “everyone I know voted for McGovern.”
Nov 12, 2012 · The paraphrase of Kael’s quote you most often hear passed around is actually “I can’t believe Nixon won. I don’t know anyone who voted for him.” According to Richard Brody...
