[syriacus]

it's beginning to make me wonder if elitism has taken hold of conservatives.

Makes me wonder, too.

[buckeyeblogger]

I'm definitely am not trying to pick a fight but I feel I need to say something. These charges of elitism directed at Frum and others is getting out of control. It's almost as big of a buzzword as "gravitas" was during the summer of 2000.

It just so happens, I am from a southern state, now reside in Ohio...non-high school graduate (I have a G.ood E.nough D.iploma) and I also just happen to be a lifelong conservative. I deeply wanted Janice Rogers Brown for this pick but I would have settled for any number of others. When I (we) heard the name Harriet Miers I imagine a great number of us were thinking to ourselves: "whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?"

I don't think it's elitism to want the best of the best for such a coveted spot in our government.