Posted on 03/27/2010 10:32:45 AM PDT by Steelfish
March 27, 2010 Republican Elite In Disarray After David Frum Is Sacked By Think-Tank
America’s conservatives were in open disarray yesterday after the abrupt sacking of a leading Republican for daring to blame his party for “the most crushing legislative defeat since the 1960s”.
David Frum, who coined the phrase “Axis of Evil” when he was a speechwriter for President Bush, was fired by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) after posting a column on his website that called healthcare reform a disaster for Republicans and blamed it squarely on their own refusal to compromise with the Obama Administration.
The prominent neo-conservative in both Bush terms said that his departure was forced by a reaction from donors to the AEI, a powerful Republican think-tank that has many former Bush Administration officials on its staff. His sacking came at the end of a week that conservatives predicted would mark the beginning of the end for Democrats in Washington. Instead President Obama has a new nuclear arms treaty to add to his healthcare Bill and it is the Republican movement that is flailing.
Mr Frum posted his column within minutes of the Democrats securing the votes to pass health reform last weekend, condemning a Republican strategy of “no negotiations, no compromise, nothing”. He accused his party of trying to repeat its humiliation of President Clinton in 1994 while forgetting that Mr Obama won office with a larger proportion of the popular vote. “We went for all the marbles, we ended with none,” he wrote.
The Republicans must accept Barack Obama’s triumph and move on Barack Obama wins healthcare battle in tight vote.
As the column was distributed among Republican moderates and Democrats, quills were sharpened on the Right for retribution.
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You know, I would read this garbage. But the headline alone makes me wanna puke.
So, no. I’ll pass.
Good! Frum should be formally drummed out of the Republican party & renounced by all conservatives!
So what .
***We went for all the marbles, we ended with none,” he wrote.***
Marbles are not principles! Duh!
Cul the herd of Rinos.
Looks more to me like Republican leadership is in a long overdue process of cleaning house. Get back to conservative repulicanism, roll up our sleeves, and go do it. It’s now or never.
Frum Bag is dumped by AEI - Neocon Headquarters -
Next stop Huffington Post.
That was my initial reaction too. But, this is good news.
“David Frum Is Sacked By Think-Tank”
Shocking....
“Fish is Dead After Trying to Live on Dry Land”
Thus raising the I.Q. average of both groups.
Ditto that, so what. You don’t every compromise with evil.
Disarray is whatever the writer of the article (Giles Whittell) says it is, no more, no less.
Based upon what I have read, Frum was ousted from AEI because he did no work for the $100,000 annual salary.
AEI should have given Frum the boot a long time ago.
Frum’s recent scourging of the GOP may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back. But Frum was due to get the axe anyway.
The vast majority of Republicans have never agreed with Frum. This is no loss. He is a “good boy” Republican who too often accepts the premises of the left and very seldom if ever criticizes harshly leftist radicalism and hate.
If they had called it “The RINO Elite...” it would have resonated throughout the republic. confetti, flowers, etc.
David who?
Keep telling yourselves all of this! And we will Remember in November!
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