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"Your incessant bitching is driving away the very people you want to convince."

And apparently you have chosen with the side that says, without any evidence:

1. If you don't support miers then you are disloyal to the republican party.
2. If you don't support miers you are an unappeasable bush hater.
3. If you don't support miers then you are an elitist.
4. If you don't support miers then you are a sexist.
5. If you don't support miers, then you are trying to ruin her life.
6. If you don't support miers, then you are harming the war on terror.
7. If you don't support miers you are an anti-religious bigot.

These are just 7 of the tactics I've seen used this past week on people who dare question this pick.

None of these were based in fact, and most are completely contradictory to the truth.

They are essentially the techniques the left has used for years to stifle dissent. Someone disagrees with you so you do things like accuse them of elitism or sexism to shut them up. On the basic theory that people would rather hold their tounges than be called 'sexists' or 'elitists'.

When the clintonites did this, they were condemned on free republic. But when it is done to defend bush, the same tactics are suddenly embraced. No one draws attention to them other than those subject to the attacks. That is the essence of hypocrisy.

Now tell me, which side of this discussion has remained dedicated to upholding the same standards of individual accountability and judging actions on their own merits, and which side has sunk to the tactics of the left in order to bully people into keeping quiet?