Charlie Rose with Joseph Lieberman & Fred Thompson; Alan Brinkley & Roger Cohen; David Brooks, Jim Hoagland, Michael Kinsley & David Frum (January 28, 2003)
Mike the Mad Biologist (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Sirota was debating (although given that said 'debate' occurred on cable TV, that's probably far too genteel a word) David Frum about healthcare, when Sirota brought up the finding that 45,000 people in the U.S. die every year from a lack of health insurance . Frum's response is incredibly arrogant (go to the 4:00 mark): Sirota is absolutely right that Frum's...
Soccer Dad (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
David Frum takes Charles Krauthammer to task for criticizing President Obama for not being Churchillian in his speech about the "surge" in Afghanistan. What nobody pauses to explain is why it would be desirable for Obama to have sounded like Churchill. Churchill's great speeches of 1940-41 were delivered at the most desperate moment in his country's history. Their grandeur suited...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... as your children’s teachers tell you: You can only teach those who want to learn. ©David Frum dfrum@aei.org
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... much Chamberlain, not enough Churchill," agreed Chris Matthews on MSNBC the day before. Frum update: An uncertain trumpet? What nobody pauses to explain is why it would be desirable for Obama to have sounded like Churchill. Churchill’s great speeches of 1940-41 were delivered at the most desperate moment in his country’s history. Their grandeur suited the uniquely fateful...
Michael-In-Norfolk - (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
I have posted several times about the challenge to Proposition 8 now pending in federal court in California being led by former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson and David Boise. The case contends that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional under the U. S. Constitution, not the least because it denies same sex couples equal protection under the law. Given the fact that homophobia and anti-gay legislation...
Gay Patriot (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
A reader alerted me to a strange piece from David Frum where supposedly Republican writer said that the GOP will thank conservative lawyer Ted Olson for, together with liberal attorney David Boies, appealing “the constitutionality of California’s ban on gay marriage“: If they were to succeed in showing the California ban to be what it is, [...]
Open Left (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
I know what you are thinking - you are thinking that the headline of this post is a joke. But it's not. It's not at all. Watch my CNN debate over Afghanistan and health care yesterday morning with former Bush speechwriter David Frum - specifically check out around 4 minutes in: As you can see, Frum insists that Harvard's landmark study showing 45,000 Americans die each year for...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
THE PALIN BRAND By Ted Belman David Frum, not my favourite neocon, recently published What the Tories Have to Teach Us in Commentary Magazine. In it, he notes that the Conservative Party in the UK, after suffering a massive defeat twelve years ago, turned its fortunes around and is now expected to return to power next year. The turning point for Britain’s Conservative party may...
American Power (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
I blogged previously on the conservative schadenfreude at Mad King Charles' final break with the right wing. So, that that's, right? Well no, actually. Now we've got David Frum pleading for Charles Johnson to think twice about his shifting allegiances: Charles Johnson, editor of the Little Green Footballs site, has written a post declaring his personal breach with the American right....
Random Jottings (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
...But he's right on this Obama Passed His Test, Now Republicans Face Ours: ...Having urged the president to honor his commitment to the Afghan war, we Republicans must honor our commitment to support him as he fights it. Given the public unenthusiasm for the conflict, there will be political temptations...
Article VI Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... I have a hunch that Huckabee, as a potential 2012 presidential candidate, is now . . . toast. David Frum Thinks The Whole GOP Religion Situation Is Terrible At least that’s what he seems to be saying here . Frum, who’s unhappy with religious conservatives generally, sees the Manhattan Declaration’s failure to include Mormons as yet another example of Evangelical bias against...
The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
...Frum is a RAAAACIST!!! David tries to woo Charles (Johnson, of Little Green Footballs, who has gone over to the dark side) back with a bit of poetry:If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves...
The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
...Frum is a RAAAACIST!!! David tries to woo Charles (Johnson, of Little Green Footballs, who has gone over to the dark side) back with a bit of poetry:If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves...
The Dread Pundit Bluto (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
...Frum is a RAAAACIST!!!David tries to woo Charles (Johnson, of Little Green Footballs, who has gone over to the dark side) back with a bit of poetry:If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spokenTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools;Unfortunately for Frum, certainly...
The West Virginia Rebel's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
David Frum admonishes Obama's critics on the right: Having urged the president to honor his commitment to the Afghan war, we Republicans must honor our commitment to support him as he fights it. Given the public unenthusiasm for the conflict, there will be political temptations to “go rogue” on the president, if not now, then in the summer of 2010. That will be our test, for...
