When an intelligent right-wing literary logophile like George Will is so upset by you that he calls you a woman's sex toy in the pages of the Washington post, one can safely presume that you said something pretty freaking stupid... 
If pessimism is not creeping on little cat's feet into Republicans' thinking about their 2012 presidential prospects, that is another reason for pessimism. This is because it indicates they do not understand that sensible Americans, who pay scant attention to presidential politics at this point in the electoral cycle, must nevertheless be detecting vibrations of weirdness emanating from people associated with the party.
The most recent vibrator is Mike Huckabee...
Washington Post