[flashbunny]

Until Monday morning, these "snobbish conservatives" were hailed as leaders of the conservative movement. The administration and the people now deriding them relied on them to help win elections and advance their agenda.

Now that they have dared question the nomination of miers, they are being dismissed as irrelevant.
The people doing the questioning haven't changed, merely their target. They're doing the same thing they always done to the left, but this time they feel they need to question something done by the right. And for that sin, they have been called every name in the book.

[bkepley]

And for that sin, they have been called every name in the book.

I wouldn't be whining about that there's been plenty of name-calling on both sides.

[freedomdefender]

Now that they have dared question the nomination of miers, they are being dismissed as irrelevant.

Your statement is not accurate. People who have questioned her nomination ON THE BASIS OF SNOBBERY have been criticized. And rightly so. Snobbery is a form of self-imposed ignorance; it judges people by the school they attended or their family pedigree, not their personal accomplishments, skill or knowledge. I could accept the criticism that Miers' views aren't clear enough for her to be nominated, but that's not the core of the criticism that some of the D.C. pundits are offering. They're targeting her because she went to law school at SMU (the same university that the president's wife attended), as if an SMU graduate by definition can't be intelligent and accomplished. THAT's snobbery - the kind of ignorance that has been a motive force behind liberalism for decades, justifying the East Coast liberals in their delusion that they can and should tell the rest of us how to live our lives because they're brighter and went to better schools. When "conservative" pundits start buying into the same delusion, you bet they're gonna get flak, and they deserve it.

[decal]

"Now that they have dared question the nomination of Miers, they are being dismissed as irrelevant."

Only speaking for myself here: I haven't thought much of George Will in years - it didn't take this nomination.

[protest1]

I think so long as the "snobbish conservatives" do the will of the people they will get their support. But as soon as they turn on someone for not being as snobby as them selves they will very quickly lose that support.

ps I can now announce, after much deliberation, that I support Harriet Miers for Supreme Court Judge.
I am sure this will secure her nomination ;)

[Chickenhawk Warmonger]

Some of us from hillbillyville USA just resent the fact that the talking heads suckered us in and have displayed their true lack of respect for the president. As long as he played nice, they showered him with their adoration. Now the only thing they can do is act like shreiking harpies and Howard Dean in a rino costume. Yelling for Bush's impeachment is not worthy of any admiration from anyone except the moveon morons. Talking about the president "boozing it up" and how he hates conservatives crosses MY line.

One good thing, with Billy Boy Kristol whining now it blows the whole PNAC "conspiracy theory" outta the water.

[savedbygrace]

Well said.

It's a fight between party and principle.

[Miss Marple]

I have been PO'd at a bunch of the beltway conservatives for a long time.

Kristol has thrown a monkey wrench into a lot of the administration's policies going all the way back to the spring of 2001.

Krauthammer has missed the mark quite often, beginning with his over-the-top rant against "The Passion of Christ."

Noonan spends her time dissing the President's speeches, even though most people see thonse speeches as positive, if not great.

[Mo1]

Now that they have dared question the nomination of miers, they are being dismissed as irrelevant.

I would listen to their argument if they actually had one

Going to the wrong type of school or working at a not good enough law firm is NOT an argument for why Meirs is a bad pick