Comments on: The Slow Pace of Judicial Confirmations http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/06/05/the-slow-pace-of-judicial-confirmations/ Where There's Snow, There's Firepower Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:52:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Noops http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/06/05/the-slow-pace-of-judicial-confirmations/#comment-24305 Noops Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:59:49 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=3661#comment-24305 The logical conclusion to this argument is interesting, and might even be true. Bear with me. If the "best and the brightest" on the conservative and libertarian sides stay out of government, then who are the conservative (and libertarian) politicians IN GOVERNMENT? I consider myself a libertarian, and I'm going to do some Bush bashing here. Here's a guy who was basically a failure in business. What do rich, politically connected people do when they suck at business? They become politicians! Jokes aside, I may be in a minority on this, but the down side to the logical conclusion of "conservative best and brightest" is that we get "less than brightest" or "dumber than soda pop." And that tends to deepen political elitism and divisiveness. I hope I'm not casting too harsh a stone, but the G.W. Bush Administration seems to be a pretty good example of this. The logical conclusion to this argument is interesting, and might even be true. Bear with me.

If the “best and the brightest” on the conservative and libertarian sides stay out of government, then who are the conservative (and libertarian) politicians IN GOVERNMENT?

I consider myself a libertarian, and I’m going to do some Bush bashing here. Here’s a guy who was basically a failure in business. What do rich, politically connected people do when they suck at business? They become politicians!

Jokes aside, I may be in a minority on this, but the down side to the logical conclusion of “conservative best and brightest” is that we get “less than brightest” or “dumber than soda pop.” And that tends to deepen political elitism and divisiveness. I hope I’m not casting too harsh a stone, but the G.W. Bush Administration seems to be a pretty good example of this.

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