About senator-elect Jim Webb, the man who has been called "the most sophisticated conservative reactionary to run on the Democratic ticket since Grover Cleveland", from George F. Will, the most sophisticated conservative reactionary to write for the Washington Post op-ed page:

"Already Too Busy for Civility


When the president again asked "How's your boy?" Webb replied, "That's between me and my boy." Webb told The Post:
"I'm not particularly interested in having a picture of me and George W. Bush on my wall. No offense to the institution of the presidency, and I'm certainly looking forward to working with him and his administration. [But] leaders do some symbolic things to try to convey who they are and what the message is."
Webb certainly has conveyed what he is: a boor. Never mind the patent disrespect for the presidency. Webb's more gross offense was calculated rudeness toward another human being -- one who, disregarding many hard things Webb had said about him during the campaign, asked a civil and caring question, as one parent to another. When -- if ever -- Webb grows weary of admiring his new grandeur as a "leader" who carefully calibrates the "symbolic things" he does to convey messages, he might consider this: In a republic, people decline to be led by leaders who are insufferably full of themselves."

Another parallel between the atacker and attackee may have been picked up on in the comments:

"...Finally, let us not forget that our elected officials, Republicans and Democrats alike, all use conversational english and are human...unlike you. Get a life."

"...and the pot is claiming the kettle has become a pompous poseur."