"I'm from the rightwing intelligentsia, and I'm here to help."
You remind me of a comment William Buckley said many years ago. That he would rather be governed by the first 1000 names in the Boston phone book than by the combined faculties of Harvard and MIT.
Coulter et al have turned into those elites. I like how a blogger I read summed it up:
To all you lawyers and law professor types, irrespective of political bias: Put a sock in it. The Constitution was drafted by practical men who possessed enough common sense to write it in plain English. It’s less complicated than the Tax Code. So the idea that a real good lawyer who passed on the whole academic and judgeship routine to practice in the Real World can end up on the Supreme Court isn’t one that invokes much horror in those who inhabit said Real World. We know you think you’re the priesthood, and that only the priesthood can devine the meanings of the sacred text, but don’t take our silence on the matter as agreement with that particular thesis. For the most part, we’re just humoring you.
That ties in with one of the quotes Coulter made earlier this week, which illustrates DtP's point pretty well:
Being on the Supreme Court isn't like winning a "Best Employee of the Month" award. It's a real job.
Dennis: the idea that a real good lawyer who passed on the whole academic and judgeship routine to practice in the Real World can end up on the Supreme Court isn’t one that invokes much horror in those who inhabit said Real World.
That would be the "normal Americans" Coulter referred to, who (according to her) believe the devil is abstract, unlike the elite grads who deal with the devil every day.
What a great quote! I think it's a good thing that Pres. Bush nominated a real world, practicing attorney to the Supreme Court. She is a person who has actually had to live with the consequences of the men-in-black-robes' decisions.