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GOP Surrenders to Beck's Mob Rule
NewMajority ^
| 9/11/09
| David Frum
Posted on 09/29/2009 4:38:33 AM PDT by steve-b
When Glenn Beck made his Fox debut, some shrewd conservatives responded with a wink. Maybe the show was paranoid and hysterical. Maybe Beck was none too scrupulous about facts and truth. But why be squeamish? The other side did as bad, or nearly. And see how usefully he mobilized the base!
Those shrewd conservatives assumed Beck was working for them. Big mistake. Beck is working for himself and he chooses his targets according to his own scheme of priorities....
Glenn Beck is not the first to make a pleasant living for himself by reckless defamation. We have seen his kind before in American journalism and American politics, and the good news is that their careers never last long. But the bad news is that while their careers do last, such people do terrible damage.....
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society
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To: steve-b
The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 pts. days prior to September 18th, 2008.
So the RomneyTeam attacked Gov. Palin and her children to throw Election2008. "Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 Early Show appearance."
David Frum: "Two of our most plausible candidates for president in 2012 are leading Mormons: Mitt Romney and Utah governor Jon Huntsman."
David Frum: "I have a lot of regard for Mitt Romney as a man and politician.
Let me say for the record: If Romney emerges as the Republican nominee, I will support him without qualm."
Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for the White House,
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin.
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
He's in charge on November 5th.'"
The Prowler added: "Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."
The Romney supporters in the McCain campaign had access to internal polling which indicated well in advance of the November 4 election that McCain had no chance to win.
So they began working to position their man Mitt for a run in 2012. Just two days after the election,The Palmetto Scoop reported:
"One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"Im told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palins people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romneys former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
These aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"Heres what I think: I think there are some staffers on the McCain campaign who seriously screwed up the roll out of Sarah Palin, to which Governor Palin herself objected.
These staffers are now out trying to finish her off thinking, as typical D.C. types do, that if they dont do it to her, shell do it to them. They just never understood who Palin is or what she is about."
"Likewise, I do think there are some staffers and others who expect Mitt Romney to run again in 2012,
they decided McCain could not win, and decided to undermine Sarah Palin and her chances hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign? (Mark Wallace, Romney pimp)
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the Diva leak was Nicolle Wallaces husband."
Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
James Carville (DNC): "It's a feel-good story, this Romney thing. Romney is an ascendant guy."
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:49:54 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
To: steve-b
its funny, his voice is not shared by majority of people yet he thinks his view will help create this newmajority
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:51:09 AM PDT
by
4rcane
To: 4rcane
how do you create this newmajority when majority don’t agree with you
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:51:43 AM PDT
by
4rcane
To: steve-b
Maybe Beck was none too scrupulous about facts and truth. Where is the evidence for this?
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:52:48 AM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Only dead fish go with the flow)
To: PAR
Frum is lying, twisting the truth, and grasping at straws.
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:54:10 AM PDT
by
perfect_rovian_storm
(The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
To: politicalmerc
Is Beck frequently over the top, no doubt—and a bit repetitious, but no one does a better job at graphing, charting and explaining all the radical connections to and the role they play in Obama’s administration. Where is the mainstream media? If you don’t watch Beck, listen to talk radio or surf sites like this, or watch Fox, you would be clueless. And that’s why the new FCC chief diversity chief/czar Mark Lloyd would love to do to our broadcasters what Chavez has done for Venezuela. Oh, and I got that from Beck, too.
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:54:33 AM PDT
by
samsmom
To: steve-b
And Mr. Frum curious minds want to know how you pick your targets.
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:54:39 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. V for victory)
To: steve-b
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=frum
Frum
25 up, 5 down
A colourful layered cocktail made of white rum and various fruit juices where over half the concoction is rum. Used to get you drunk quick in times of desperation such as your lame housemate throwing a houseparty.
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:54:55 AM PDT
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: steve-b
Big mistake. Beck is working for himself Unlike David Frum. LOLOLOL
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:55:01 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
(I am Joe Wilson!)
To: steve-b
Poor David....he is so yesterday.
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:55:06 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: steve-b
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:55:19 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
To: steve-b
I guess Frum missed the giant article on Sunstein in the NRA’s First Freedom magazine. A portrait of Sunstein was on the cover. I read about Sunstein’s whackiness months ago there. Beck is not the only one that raised a flag about this nitwit.
To: steve-b
Establishment Washington (EW) is beginning to squirm as the bright light of information SLOOOOWLY is focusing in on their un-American conduct....
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:57:08 AM PDT
by
mo
To: Diogenesis
please....no pics of carville or waxman or (insert name of other rat-faced alien here) before a reasonable drinking hour.
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posted on
09/29/2009 4:58:20 AM PDT
by
domeika
(Who is Jim Thompson?)
To: Paladin2
LOL.
That's gotta be satire.
If not, they clearly want to be taken seriously. Bialystock and Blooooom.
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posted on
09/29/2009 5:02:53 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
(I am Joe Wilson!)
To: Diogenesis
What is the draw to Mitt? SEriously?
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posted on
09/29/2009 5:02:53 AM PDT
by
GoCards
("We eat therefore we hunt...")
To: steve-b
I see our resident DUer is back
What a maroon.
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posted on
09/29/2009 5:03:42 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency - Obama)
To: steve-b
Beck is working for himself And Frum is working for ?
I don't really care if Beck is working for the Tooth Fairy. I care about the information he brings to the table, and how often that information might be contradicted by facts known at the time, or by facts that come to light subsequent to his presentations.
ML/NJ
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posted on
09/29/2009 5:04:08 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: mainepatsfan
“Beck is working for himself and he chooses his targets according to his own scheme of priorities....”
...let’s Van Jones, ACORN, head of NEA. Yep! All good, honest, hard working people that were thrown under the bus by Beck. ~extremem sarc
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posted on
09/29/2009 5:05:57 AM PDT
by
albie
To: samsmom
“And thats why the new FCC chief diversity chief/czar Mark Lloyd would love to do to our broadcasters what Chavez has done for Venezuela. Oh, and I got that from Beck, too.”
You got it right from the horse’s (Mark Lloyd) mouth via video, thanks to Glenn.
Frum is an useful idiot.
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