[freedomdefender]

Criticism of Harriet Miers never had anything to do with elitism, that's a complete straw-man argument.

Not true. Ann Coulter's screed against Miers is all about Miers' law school not being "good enough" in Coulters' mind.

[Always Right]

Not true. Ann Coulter's screed against Miers is all about Miers' law school not being "good enough" in Coulters' mind.

Well, Ann is speaking for a very small minority if that is her arguement. Not too many people care what school Miers went to, most people just care how she views the Constitution. Perhaps she is good, but how does anyone know.

[CollegeRepublican]

Ann Coulter's screed against Miers is all about Miers' law school not being "good enough" in Coulters' mind.

I think what Ann is saying is that unless you went to a Top 20 law school you might not have been encouraged to develop a "judicial philosophy" and then learn to defend it against other opposing philosophy's.

As an aside, I went to a little "Ivy School" and I have deep respect for conservatives who went to equally liberal institutions. We were surrounded by the enemy and their ideas. I had to defend my ideas and arguments against liberals, progressives, and straight up communist profs and try and get a passing grade. Not an easy thing to do. If you can make it through four years of undergrad and then a graduates degree at one of these liberal institutions your ideas have been tested and rung through the ringer. If your beliefs come through the gauntlet still intact, I am willing to believe that you have less chance of becoming an Earl Warren or David Souter. It is no guarantee that your philosophy will not evolve, but I believe that it is less likely that it will.

I have not reached a judgement on Miers yet, I am waiting for the hearings, but I am not thrilled. I just have a hard time believing that she was the best qualified. I would have like to seen someone like Thomas Sowell nominated.

[CollegeRepublican]

Ann Coulter's screed against Miers is all about Miers' law school not being "good enough" in Coulters' mind.

I think what Ann is saying is that unless you went to a Top 20 law school you might not have been encouraged to develop a "judicial philosophy" and then learn to defend it against other opposing philosophy's.

As an aside, I went to a little "Ivy School" and I have deep respect for conservatives who went to equally liberal institutions. We were surrounded by the enemy and their ideas. I had to defend my ideas and arguments against liberals, progressives, and straight up communist profs and try and get a passing grade. Not an easy thing to do. If you can make it through four years of undergrad and then a graduates degree at one of these liberal institutions your ideas have been tested and rung through the ringer. If your beliefs come through the gauntlet still intact, I am willing to believe that you have less chance of becoming an Earl Warren or David Souter. It is no guarantee that your philosophy will not evolve, but I believe that it is less likely that it will.

I have not reached a judgement on Miers yet, I am waiting for the hearings, but I am not thrilled. I just have a hard time believing that she was the best qualified. I would have like to seen someone like Thomas Sowell nominated.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Criticism of Harriet Miers never had anything to do with elitism

The criticism is rooted in elitism, envy, and the fact that every single one of these "intellectual heavyweights" criticize this pick as "poor judgement on the President's part", when they have zero clue about her, and those who've known her for decades heap praise on her. If they wouldn't spend so much time hobknobbing with the pinheads in DC at some social function, and actually got out of the cage that they themselves live in and met some folks who know this woman, they might have some clue about her.