Even Joe the Plumber has more cultural impact.

Even the twinkie Mehgan McCain just ate has more substance.

Seriously, David Frum?

LOL.

What is he a glorified Blogger?

Andrew SUllivan’s Right of Left Twin Brother with Hair?

…

Even recent history. Even history he was actually peripherally involved in, being a speechwriter for Bush. At Hot Air, Slublog takes down Frum’s strange defend-Democrats-at-any-cost, attack-Republicans-on-any-pretext historical ignorance. Basically he…

Those were dumb ideas. People were scared. It happens.

TheUnrepentantGeek on July 28, 2009 at 12:49 PM

so cheney and the NR editors were so scared they became socialists. interesting point.

We should also have more charity to our political opponents – who after all are contending with hideous problems bequeathed to them by … by … well suddenly we Republicans cannot seem to remember who preceded Barack Obama in office.

Bush did have some horrible policies but he did try to fight the irresponsible lending practices that congress was pushing. Oh, and the congress was controlled for 2 years by Democrats before Obama was elected President. So all these horrible bills that are blamed exclusively on Bush were approved by the Democrats.

We should also have more charity to our political opponents – who after all are contending with hideous problems bequeathed to them by … by … well suddenly we Republicans cannot seem to remember who preceded Barack Obama in office.

Bush did have some horrible policies but he did try to fight the irresponsible lending practices that congress was pushing. Oh, and the congress was controlled for 2 years by Democrats before Obama was elected President. So all these horrible bills that are blamed exclusively on Bush were approved by the Democrats.

Frum is an asshat.

it’s cowardice to criticize frum without addressing these inconvenient facts.

sesquipedalian on July 28, 2009 at 12:38 PM

It’s also cowardice to not mention that Bush and McCain fought to try and get congress too abandon all the policies/laws they were pushing that caused the housing bubble and collapse (while Obama was ‘busy’ voting present). Republicans AND Democrats were both involved in the current crisis but.

it’s cowardice to criticize frum without addressing these inconvenient facts.

sesquipedalian on July 28, 2009 at 12:38 PM

Uhmm, all of us fiscal conservatives did scream about all these things. But somehow the fact the Obama has decided to continue and turn up to 11 all of these horrible Bush policies gets a free pass because Booooooooooooosh did it!

it’s cowardice to criticize frum without addressing these inconvenient facts.

No, it’s an astute allocation of time.

Frum is a waste of time.

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Ed Morrissey on July 28, 2009 at 12:39 PM

Says you.

it’s cowardice to criticize frum without addressing these inconvenient facts.

sesquipedalian on July 28, 2009 at 12:38 PM

They may have enjoyed the backing of repubs but not by most of ha
What makes you think those facts have not been addressed about 100 times on hot air ?
Do we need to address them every single time we want to criticize David Frum on any subject?

it’s cowardice to criticize frum without addressing these inconvenient facts.

sesquipedalian on July 28, 2009 at 12:38 PM

Those were dumb ideas. People were scared. It happens. Try and see the difference between people and their ideas, if you can manage that.

Now back to the incoherence and blatant “please like me” appeals to your side of the aisle that is David Frum.

Like undercover operations, infiltrate the enemy by pretending to be like them. Frum is like an undercover operative. When conservatives are in power, write conservative articles. Establish your reputation as a conservative. Then when the communist/socialist are in power, work behind the scenes to make sure their agenda is implemented by reining in opposition by one’s articles.

sesquipedalian on July 28, 2009 at 12:38 PM

Republican does NOT mean CONSERVATISM.

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To listen to us, you’d think that the bailouts and takeovers started on January 20, 2009, not the previous March. You’d never know that TARP was supported by almost every Republican commentator, including the editors of National Review. Or that Vice President Cheney argued urgently in favor of the rescue of the Detroit automakers. Or that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac enjoyed the backing of Republican as well as Democratic lawmakers.

it’s cowardice to criticize frum without addressing these inconvenient facts.

Though I’ve certainly read David Frum off and on for ages — and didn’t care for a lot of it — I’ve never seen him in action until I watched that clip with Ann Coulter yesterday.

Not only did he say things I totally disagreed with, he said them with the sort of sneering, supercilious ill-humor I normally associate with the left.

Any Republican resurgence he’s the author of, count me out.

While perfectly true, hoo boy is this paragraph going to be transplanted.

MadisonConservative on July 28, 2009 at 11:07 AM

I was thinking the exact same thing.

(Facepalm)

Here come the birthers and the “HYPOCRISY!”

I don’t know what that means, but, then again, Frum doesn’t know what he means, either.

Or down, as the case may be.

In all these screeds by supposed Republicans about how bad conservatives are, there’s one thing that’s always missing: How the moderates’ ideal Republican party would be any different from the Democratic party.

If you dislike conservatives so much, just be a Democrat. Pretty simple.

I agree with Frum that the Obama is playing by the rules. Unfortunately, the “game” they’re playing isn’t the one that has been the norm in D.C. Their “rules” came from a book by some Alinsky guy, not Madison, Jefferson et al.

Frum: History Began When I Decided to Remake Conservatism in My Image

Are you seriously saying that Conservatism has a gap in it’s front teeth that Momma Cass could walk through?

Worse than worthless.

Extremism in support of…nothing.