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Despite setbacks, David Frum beats on ("we still have the 'Palin problem' with us")
The Politico ^ | September 1, 2009 | Daniel Libit

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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1 posted on 09/01/2009 11:12:52 AM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Hey Frum...KMA!


2 posted on 09/01/2009 11:13:53 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

She is attracting millions to the GOP, she is bringing excitement and enthusiasm to the GOP.

What a terrible thing.


3 posted on 09/01/2009 11:14:14 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com)
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To: SolidWood; euram; Al B.; Sarah Barracuda; Jeff Head; SoCalPol

Oh boy....


4 posted on 09/01/2009 11:14:50 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

More vagina envy from a premier stoneless RINO.


5 posted on 09/01/2009 11:15:08 AM PDT by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

So Sarah has more fans on Facebook than this idiot (Frum) has had hits on his website. Ha!


6 posted on 09/01/2009 11:16:19 AM PDT by ABQHispConservative (A Blue Dog Democrat is an oxyMoron!)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
As Levin has pointed out, where is Frum's constituency?

This guy is a nobody. Who cares what he thinks?

7 posted on 09/01/2009 11:16:30 AM PDT by THX 1138 ("Harry, I have a gift.")
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To: St. Louis Conservative

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.


8 posted on 09/01/2009 11:16:52 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (It's better to give a Ford to the Kidney Foundation than a kidney to the Ford Foundation.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

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.


9 posted on 09/01/2009 11:17:08 AM PDT by alloysteel (....the Kennedys can be regarded as dysfunctional. Even in death.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Man, I get the Frum frown every time I read something from this guy.


10 posted on 09/01/2009 11:17:46 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: GeronL
She is attracting millions to the GOP, she is bringing excitement and enthusiasm to the GOP.

Therein lies Frum's, the RINOS', and the Democrats' 'problem' with Sarah Palin. ;o)

11 posted on 09/01/2009 11:19:13 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Palin problem? I don’t think so. Sarah in 2012.


12 posted on 09/01/2009 11:19:57 AM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about Throw Away the Scabbard - a Civil War alternate history.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Gee, what a coincidence. I was just now thinking, “the Frum problem is still with us.”


13 posted on 09/01/2009 11:20:16 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: ABQHispConservative

Let’s get her over 1 million supporters!


14 posted on 09/01/2009 11:20:22 AM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
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To: St. Louis Conservative

“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?


15 posted on 09/01/2009 11:20:49 AM PDT by guido911 (Islamic terrorists are members of the "ROP", the "religion of pu*&ies")
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To: St. Louis Conservative
“Why were conservatives vulnerable to somebody like this?” Frum mused about Palin recently in an interview with POLITICO.

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!

16 posted on 09/01/2009 11:21:12 AM PDT by KarlInOhio ("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

“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?


17 posted on 09/01/2009 11:21:38 AM PDT by Leg Olam (Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you. - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

because what passes for “Conservative” discourse back in his native Canada, and what real American Conservatives want to hear are two separate things


18 posted on 09/01/2009 11:22:09 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Get rid of RINO scum. Flush Frum.


19 posted on 09/01/2009 11:24:02 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
“I take the view that I’m expendable,” Frum says,

Finally, something I agree with him about.

20 posted on 09/01/2009 11:25:03 AM PDT by Nonstatist
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