[MNJohnnie]

So conservatives are caught between loyalty to their ideas and loyalty to the president they admire. Most of them have come out against Miers -

Uh NO. Do NOT confuse the Punditry with the Base. They are NOT the same thing. Something the Punditry seems to have forgotten. The Base voted for Bush, not them, to be the President. This sort of arrogance is one of the reasons they are losing this argument....badly.

[dirtboy]

But Harriet Miers has shown no loyalty to conservative institutions like the Federalist Society.

No loyalty?

She praised the Federalist Society in a speech. And said she had several members on her staff.

It's one thing to have an opinion. It's another to promulgate false claims.

[MNJohnnie]

Establishment Republicans are displaying their natural loyalty to leadership

Ah NO, the ESTABLISHMENT ARE the ones having the Miers hissy fit. People like Kristol, Buchannan, Coulter, Malkin, Ingraham, Wills, Wall Street Journal, National Review et al. But that's right, wouldn't do to confuse the Hate Bush Crowd with the facts. They all view themselves as the "counter culture" and will be shocked to discover that what they really are is the kook fringe. They are becoming the Political Right's equivalent of the Left's Moveon.org crowd.

[Leonine]

IS Bush conservative? Our mind is consterned at Laura calling those of us who want Brown or Owen sexist. Our money wonders at throwing cash without accountability at "decades" of socialist failure in LA, calling it racism: "As all of us saw on television, there's also some deep, persistent poverty in this region, as well. That poverty has roots in a history of racial discrimination."

[Terabitten]

Republicans... are more suspicious of intellectuals and ideas

Gasp! We have the discipline to think our ideas through rather than just toss out every whacked-out thought that crosses our mind. It's intellectual darwinism, and the Left could use a hefty dose of it.

[mom.mom]

Perhaps I should re think my position on the Meirs nomination (Brown is my favorite).

Despite her nonexistent credentials, this woman has risen to the top of all her career ventures, including this SC pick. You have to figure that she can really work a room - know what I mean?

She could not only get on the SC, but OWN it. She could take over the country...the world...Nothing Stops Harriet Meris!!! OHMYGOD.

Brown is still my favorite.

[Lizavetta]

are more suspicious of intellectuals and ideas,

Yes, we're such neanderthals, aren't we?

We're suspicious of leftist academes who live in the world of theories and good intentions regardless of how flawed they are. Ideas? If those "ideas" reek of socialism, collectivism, and liberalism.....then Yes, damn right I'm suspicious.

[bray]

She's a Heretic....Burn Her at the Stake!!

Pray for W and Harriet Miers