The names listed above have been amazingly hostile to Sarah Palin in particular. Given Governor Palin’s core conservative principles, you’d think they could at least offer a few dollops of praise for a genuine conservative vision. But, no, they cannot.

Perhaps I should turn my outrage to pity, at least to those poor pundits listed above who are ensconced at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, the NY Times. They have been immersed in a hostile environment already for years, and as the token conservative, I’m sure they’ve been under constant threat of dismissal should they ever argue conservatism with any true passion. Stockholm Syndrome has probably also taken hold.

Now this set of commentators has made a judgment that Obama will win and their environments, already hostile, are about to become even more hostile, if that’s even possible. Facing not only dismissal from their comfortable token-conservative chairs, but a tar-and-feathering on their way out the doors, they’ve had no choice but to become even more craven. Lickspittle towards their new far-left overlords, apparently. Anything to be allowed to hang around. And you can bet that their weak explorations of conservative themes will become even weaker or non-existent. They’ll be required perhaps to sabotage any new burgeoning conservative movement. As the sole “conservative” voices in the mainstream media, they’re all that will be heard, and their denunciations of the new conservative movement will be all that will be heard.

Congratulations to the turncoat survivors. We’re looking forward to your, er, conservative commentary.

Then again, there’s that oh-so-very-irritating possibility of a resurgent McCain victory. That helps explain David Gergen’s frantic insistence that the election is over. And the heightening viciousness of these conservative columnists. Having already sold their souls, what will they do if McCain wins?

So perhaps my disgust should be replaced by pity.