I (Catholic U grad, even if I live in NYC–but I like to shop in Wal-Mart!–whose W Groupie credentials seemed to be rich before recent days) am getting e-mail like this:

I have never been so disappointed in conservatives as I am now in you and the National Review. Reagan, whom you laud to the skies – now I like him, too – warned Republicans never to speak against another Republican. Commandment No. 1. You are all blowing it bigtime with your petty desire to control the president. Elite, insular, arrogant Beltway people! Bush is giving us exactly what we want and you are too blind to see it. I’ve read the corner for a long time and I give up. Lest you think I’m one of the redstate boobs you despise, well, yes, I live in a redstate – Tennessee. But I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from a liberal university, Washington University in St. Louis. And I didn’t marry my cousin! Come down from your dizzying heights to reality.