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David Frum: Useful Idiot. But Not That Useful
The Right Sphere ^ | March 3, 2012 | RB

Posted on 03/04/2012 1:49:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 03/04/2012 1:49:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Isn’t Frum the so-called “campaign manager” who’s lost every election for every candidate he ever managed? I seem to remember Rush saying that...


2 posted on 03/04/2012 1:52:02 PM PST by Carriage Hill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I didn’t know James Q. Wilson had died. Too bad, even if he was 80. I read his book.


3 posted on 03/04/2012 1:56:35 PM PST by Tax-chick ("If I want someone without merit, I'll simply vote for the Muslim ferret!" ~Da Coyote)
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To: carriage_hill

You are thinking of Shrum, not Frum. Bob Shrum has the losingest record of any campaign manager alive. Frum is a Canadian leftist hack masquerading as an American Conservative.


4 posted on 03/04/2012 1:57:59 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Frum? Frum?...Oh! You mean Mr. Danielle Steele!


5 posted on 03/04/2012 2:01:35 PM PST by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
And what were you saying when this little punk was popular and sliming true conservatives like Bob Novak as “unpatriotic”?

Neocon Karma is making Frummy pretty much unemployed. Where were we when he and the Bushbots were riding high?

6 posted on 03/04/2012 2:03:35 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (Sheep and insects need leaders.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

You’re right. My error.


7 posted on 03/04/2012 2:07:51 PM PST by Carriage Hill
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To: Forgotten Amendments
I've met and liked Bob Novak. Was your comment addressed to me or the author?
8 posted on 03/04/2012 2:11:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: achilles2000

I meant “Mr. Danielle Crittenden”. Frum is such a drama queen that I was sure he must have married
Danielle Steel ;-)


9 posted on 03/04/2012 2:13:38 PM PST by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I've met and liked Bob Novak. Was your comment addressed to me or the author?

Bob Novak was a great, true conservative patriot and a great journalist. Frum slimed him because he's a sniveling little girlyman. Like 90% of what passes as the "conservative" press nowadays.

10 posted on 03/04/2012 2:16:50 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (Sheep and insects need leaders.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

I agree. Why are we having an argument?


11 posted on 03/04/2012 2:22:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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David Frum’s only claim to fame is that he came up with the term “Axis of Evil” when he was a speechwriter for George W. Bush.

I am not even sure we can fully credit him with the "axis of evil" phrase. I believe he orginally wrote "axis of hatred" and Bush changed it to the the stronger "axis of evil."

12 posted on 03/04/2012 2:38:45 PM PST by evilC
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm sorry. I just meant that FReepers in general loved Frummy, the neocons, and Bushbots back in the day. I didn't mean to address you, specifically.

Please take no offense. I enjoyed your post!

13 posted on 03/04/2012 2:48:22 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (Sheep and insects need leaders.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Condor51; Mamzelle

Frum’s squawking?

Yuck—looks like the neocons who control US foreign policy (all four of them) had their weekly foreign policy strategy meeting at the elite Four Seasons.

Friggin’ suckers are agitiating again.

Remember-———the neos chief obsession is kicking Repub social conservatives to the curb-—neos abhor conservatives. And neos are the ones behind GWB’s cockamamie plan to push for amnesty for illegals.

Looks like neo bossman Richard Perle must need more US billions to sink into his Iraqi oil company-—the one he financed with war profits.

You can be sure that’s the agit prop behind a possible Iranian war.....neocon war profiteering.

Americans are paying the price at the pump-—so that the neos can pocket billions.


14 posted on 03/04/2012 3:37:16 PM PST by Liz
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KEEP IN MIND By US law, one condition for Israel getting trillions (yes, trillions) in US foreign aid is that Israel must share with the US the vast amounts of intelligence information they gather in the Mideast. Unfortunately, 911 happened with nary a clue----even though 911 was plotted for years in Israel's backyard by Israel's close neighbors.

And isn't it nice that a tiny country like Israel--- surrounded by enemies---has zillions of dollars to conduct these costly activities---as US citizens struggle to survive? Your tax dollars at work.

(1) The US stupidly gave Pakistan billions in the wake of 911----the country that was openly harboring Bin Laden in their midst. Despite all its advanced technology, Israel did not know Bin Laden was in their neighborhood?

(2) TURKEY received $21 billion economic/military US foreign aid....thanks to neocons. The US Dept of state ----duped by neocons----reported Dec 2011 that as part of their stupid cooperative effort to further Turkish economic and military self-reliance, the United States stupidly loaned and granted Turkey more than $7 billion in economic aid and more than $14 billion in military assistance over several years......So much for "peace"....Turkey is now getting ready to acquire nuclear weapons. Despite all its advanced technology, Israel did not know this?

(3) Neocons duped the US into pouring trillions into Afghanistan.....the most corrupt area on the globe. The Bank of Kabul is engaged in massive fraud---the bank where the US deposits billions of US tax dollars to run the war----if you are "connected" you can withdraw billions with no responsibility to pay it back. Afghan Pres Karzhai was seen loading billions of US dollars to transport out of the country. Despite all its advanced technology, Israel did not know this?

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SUMMATION US citizens are being extorted at the pump as the US leaves Iraq with no promise of oil (having spent trillions of US dollars there, leaving rivers of young US blood). Yet, according to the WSJ, conniving neocons are starting their own oil company in Iraq. The cost is immense----facilitated by n/c Richard Perle's war profiteering. Your tax dollars at work.

A war in Iran seems to be on the neocon wish list---let the neocon war profiteering begin.

15 posted on 03/04/2012 3:43:20 PM PST by Liz
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

David Frum = David Brock


16 posted on 03/04/2012 3:58:46 PM PST by y6162
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To: Tax-chick

According to Wikipedia, Wilson died on March 2.


17 posted on 03/04/2012 5:30:28 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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davidfrum @davidfrum We had 2 young women at a dinner party tonight. Both Republican-oriented. Both lost to GOP by events of past week. Thanks Rush. 3 Mar 12 ReplyRetweetFavorite

One word spoken half in jest from one conservative talk show host and these women change parties?

18 posted on 03/04/2012 5:42:39 PM PST by TChad
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To: Verginius Rufus

Well, it’s too bad. Not as bad as losing Thomas Sowell would be, but still unfortunate.


19 posted on 03/04/2012 6:25:53 PM PST by Tax-chick ("If I want someone without merit, I'll simply vote for the Muslim ferret!" ~Da Coyote)
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To: Liz
Frum's a neo-pansy canadian girlie-man. He can go pound sand. He's as relevant as a Pet Rock.

And for all the damage and illegal 'carp' Perle's pulled he should 'have a meeting' with Seal Team 6. Or see how a predator drone works - up close and personal. GITMO is too good for him.

good thing I missed this yesterday afternoon. I was steaming mad and REALLY would have let loose with invectives seeing Perle's name.

20 posted on 03/05/2012 3:30:06 AM PST by Condor51 (Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
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