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I recall the best of the best being nominated for a past American fiasco, another cadre of bored Americans satisfied with their bravado, gravitas, and cock-suredness: America's last offering to Olympic Basketball. A talented collection of NBA and college elites, lacking focus, desire, and history. Instead they rested on their laurels as well as their assumption that the elite among them were the only true bearers of the torch.

p>Even the conservative camp needs outside competitors, and perhaps Bush has found one. And I share the disdain of the many hoping the President is right. Hope is a killer. However, assuming one will work because they enjoy the approval of the "guilded" among us is hardly a guarantee either. br> -- P. Aaron Jones br> Huntington Woods, Michigan /p> p> Mr. Tyrrell has part of the answer as to why the big beef from conservatives about the Miers nomination to the Supreme Court. But there is more. Elitism. Many conservative intellectuals apparently have forgotten that our forefathers not only created our Constitution but understood it and its ramifications too. And today many folks, not just identifiable intellectuals, understand it also. Oh, they may have to take a course in constitutional law or brush up with a Horne book in order to grasp all of the linkage and expansionary revision that has taken place in the past two centuries. But the concept that only a constitutional scholar can do the work of a Supreme Court judge is to forget that Einstein was a 22 year patent clerk when he began to see the Universe in a way that others could not. Or that Lincoln read for the law, became President, and guided the nation through its greatest constitutional crisis. Ms. Miers has shown us enough in her life to conclude that if called upon to develop a concept of the law or make a crucial decision, she will be ready. br> -- Howard Lohmuller br> Seabrook, Texas /p>

After reading and listening to all of the "sturm und drang" issued from conservatives since the President's nomination of Harriet Miers, I've finally reached my breaking point. I am now in full support of her nomination, and I believe that she'll be an excellent addition to the court.

Why? Simple. She's not from Harvard. Yes, that's my reason, and I'm not joking. At first, I was also skeptical of this nomination, believing that the President should have nominated someone like Janice Rogers Brown. I was also spoiling for a fight, a final smack-down that would put the Dems in their place once and for all on judicial nominations. I expected them to fight back, but I didn't expect the barrage of criticism that Ms. Miers has received from noted conservative pundits like Charles Krauthammer, John Podhoretz, and especially Ann Coulter.

p>Despite my adoration of Ms. Coulter's unabashed conservative opinions and take-no-prisoners attitude, her elitist opinions regarding Ms. Miers lack of an Ivy League legal degree are more than troubling. Her latest column is patronizing at best, and flat-out accuses Ms. Miers of not possessing the intellect (based on the average LSAT score at SMU) for the job! This sickens me.... br> --

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