I wouldn’t call myself Elena Kagan’s biggest fan, but some of the conservative attacks on her are getting ridiculous.  Here’s a particularly pitiful one from The National Review:

In addition to her kicking military recruiters off Harvard’s campus during wartime and being paid for a comfy position on a Goldman Sachs advisory board, this passage (from this article) nicely captures Elena Kagan’s remoteness from the lives of most Americans:

Kagan … is such a product of New York City that she did not learn to drive until her late 20s. According to her friend John Q. Barrett, a law professor at St. John’s University, it is a skill she has not yet mastered.

Apparently, kids, if you want to be a Supreme Court justice, you’d better do well in drivers’ ed.

-Michael