The Daily Howler - 10-07-05

PIERRE RECITES! Will you still object to the corps when they start pimping nonsense you like? // link // print // previous // next //

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2005

ELITISM U: Some e-mailers were inclined to believe that elitism is driving opposition to Miers (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 10/6/05). It’s always pleasing to think the worst of the other tribe—in this case, of conservative pundits—but the claim is hard to credit. Conservatives have championed Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown, for example, and neither woman has an “elite” or Ivy educational background; Owen went to Baylor and Baylor Law School, Brown went to Sacramento State and UCLA Law. Among other women proposed for the job, Edith Brown Clement went to Alabama and Tulane Law, Edith Jones went to Cornell and Texas Law. When the White House brought the charge of sexism/elitism, it was sliming its own with a weak, stupid claim, and Brit Hume took the prize for toady conduct when he rushed to pimp it on Wednesday evening.