This is truly dishonest hyperbole.
First of all, when it comes to accusations like, "Old Bolsheviks praising Comrade Stalin", Frum needs to look towards the Dems and their messianic blind trust in Obama, not to mention that the Dems are trying to hitch America to a one-way ticket to a liberal social-economic gulag. What a stupid turn of a phrase.
And where are all these constant references to Rush by GOP pols? "There is no truth outside of Rush"? The only reason Republicans mention Rush is when they are asked to admonish Rush for some line that he said on his talk show.
Apparently Frum believes that we should simply swallow the stimilus bill that doesn't stimulate anything but in fact pays off and perpetuates a myriad of Dem-friendly constituencies. Thus Frum is asking the Republicans (and Rush) to support the bill that provides the knife that would very possibly create the death of the party by a thousand cuts...so as to prove we are moderate.
Does he not know that we see right thru this? Does he not know his audience? Who does he think IS his audience?
To me, he sounds juvenile, this column is not persuasive in the least.