[Riley]

Is David Frum any relation to John Frum?

[abb]

You may be on to something. Definitely should be investigated.

Also, I wonder if maybe we can invent a new word - “Frummery.” I mean if Sarah Palin and George Bush can, why can’t we?

It would be sort of a transmogrification of “flummery.”

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flummery

I remember back in the 70’s when Carter was president, his communications director was a guy named Gerald Rafshoon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Rafshoon

His media spin was called “Rafshoonery.”

http://books.google.com/books?id=2GK7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=rafshoonery&source=bl&ots=Rjqsx3HPaN&sig=J_NrcSxogZn1qLqI7-HlvB2kubc&hl=en&ei=4WoBTay7OIX6lweYqtX4CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=rafshoonery&f=false