According to an article that will appear in tomorrow’s Washington Post by Lorraine Woellert, Washington correspondent for Business Week, all conservatives seem to do is howl and clamor and throw brickbats.
Conservative howling over Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers echoes unabated since President Bush introduced his friend and confidant to the public on Oct. 3. If anything, the clamor has intensified, with some in the conservative chattering class now hounding Miers to withdraw….
But while these B’rer Rabbit conservatives noisily continue to smack the tarbaby of the Miers nomination, Big Business, like B’rer Fox, it lay low, “applauding from the wings.”
Corporate America so far is nowhere to be found in the emotionally charged furor over Miers. That’s because executives are loath to do anything that might turn off their politically diverse shareholders and customers, who might not appreciate their energy company or car manufacturer wading into a debate dominated by divisive issues such as abortion. Still, the Miers nomination has put in stark relief the wide rift between the religious right and the free-market right. Is Miers really Bush’s “best choice” for the Supreme Court? That depends on where you stand. But if you’re standing on Wall Street, the answer might be yes.
So, according to Business Week‘s Washington correspondent, conservatism comprises two groups, “the religious right and the free-market right,” and by implication all of those who oppose Miers’s nomination belong to the religioius right.
Like George Will and Charles Krauthammer and William Kristol and Jonah Goldberg and John Podhoretz and Bruce Fein and ….
I’m far more interested in what small business perceptions would be.