Howlin, if you re-read the thread, all the name calling against other posters goes one way.
No one that I know is disparaging those who support W in this choice; it is understandable what their position is, and why they have it. Hewitt as usual is the exemplary spokeman for not overeacting, and that man is too good to disparage.
W was not the best choice when he ran for president, imo, true, and the reasons for my thinking so have not been allayed, and in fact the Miers choice is a good example of why. I did not think he was a conservative then, and I think he has pretty much proven he is not a conservative by the way he has conducted his administration.
I refuse to believe that loyalty to a government official should be very high on anyone's list of principles. But I understand why you and others do, and there are good reasons for that position. It is just not my position, because I dont think the reasons are good enough.
I do not doubt for a moment that the ardent supporters of W are true conservatives. But this situation reminds me exactly of the Nixon years. Nixon was not a conservative either, and like W he did not operate from principle. He was so unfairly trashed and falsely maligned by the left, tho, conservatives defended him despite his antipathy to their cause.
The unfair criticism from the left rendered some conservatives unwilling to accept any criticism at all. IMO, that is the same dynamic here.
As somebody said way up the thread, you're out of touch with reality.