Posted on 09/01/2009 11:12:51 AM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
Even if the former governor of Alaska fades away before the 2012 presidential election, David Frum thinks “the Palin problem is still with us.”
And as long as that’s the case, Frum — the conservative pundit and former George W. Bush speechwriter — will be here, too.
“Why were conservatives vulnerable to somebody like this?” Frum mused about Palin recently in an interview with POLITICO. “The things that prevented them from seeing her are all still there. And we see them during this health care debate.”
It’s been seven months since Frum parted ways with National Review to launch his own website — NewMajority.com — in an effort to rally new voices and cure the Republican Party of its “psychotic episode.” It’s a long-term project that’s fighting against the tide.
While Frum is aiming to build a moderate-minded Republican audience on the Web, the current political culture is dominated by incendiary language and ever-deeper entrenchments. Republican officeholders, motivated by a half-year of Barack Obama’s presidency and galvanized by three weeks of town hall protests, now tilt even more toward their base.
On a practical level, the Internet is proving to be a little more complicated than Frum first thought it would be, he says. He admits to shortcomings in his Web acumen, and NewMajority.com has already undergone a redesign since it went online. The site has gotten about 800,000 unique visitors. By comparison, the conservative site Townhall.com receives 2 million unique visitors per month.
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Hey Frum...KMA!
She is attracting millions to the GOP, she is bringing excitement and enthusiasm to the GOP.
What a terrible thing.
Oh boy....
More vagina envy from a premier stoneless RINO.
So Sarah has more fans on Facebook than this idiot (Frum) has had hits on his website. Ha!
This guy is a nobody. Who cares what he thinks?
I give Frum credit for persistence, and that’s about all. I guess he has to write stuff in order to call himself a writer. Other than that he’s a total goober with not a single original thought in his head.
Sarah Palin may be a “problem” for David Frum - not for me.
Now David Frum, there really is a place for him, just not over here with the American people.
Man, I get the Frum frown every time I read something from this guy.
Therein lies Frum's, the RINOS', and the Democrats' 'problem' with Sarah Palin. ;o)
Palin problem? I don’t think so. Sarah in 2012.
Gee, what a coincidence. I was just now thinking, “the Frum problem is still with us.”
Let’s get her over 1 million supporters!
“David Frum thinks ‘the Palin problem is still with us.’”
Who the eff is “us” Frum? You, David Brooks, Meghan McCain and other phony “conservative” talking heads?
Because the Republican Party has a terrible RINO problem and the conservatives see a charismatic conservative as the primary way to break the "abused politician" belief that "If only we were nicer to the Dems they might quit hitting us and love us". Democrat Joe Lieberman was allegedly McCain's top choice for VP. Lieberman's only redeeming characteristic is a clearness of vision about the war and the Mideast. Other than that he is a down-the-line liberal, and he was nearly our VP candidate. Yikes!
“Why were conservatives vulnerable to somebody like this?”
Could be she is the real deal and not some half assed poser like this Frum character?
because what passes for “Conservative” discourse back in his native Canada, and what real American Conservatives want to hear are two separate things
Get rid of RINO scum. Flush Frum.
Finally, something I agree with him about.
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