How out of touch can the pundit class be?

David Sirota asks this question, then provides this illustrative answer:

This out of touch...

Check out the headline in this piece by George Will. So, as I understand it, if, like Peter Beinart, you aggressively advocate for the Iraq War as a prime-fighting-age pundit, then refuse to enlist in the war you helped create the rationale for (and refuse to display even flippant concern for the blood-and-guts consequences of your advocacy), then admit you were wrong about the Iraq War, then chastise Democrats for not being more consistent on foreign policy and not more willing to indiscriminately bomb other countries - then, by Washington pundit standards, you are a "Democrat Who Will Fight for America."

And some people still wonder why most Americans see the Beltway's self-important pundit class as completely and totally out of touch with reality...