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Well, it wasn't a "boast," it was in fact true.

That's funny, he wouldn't own up to it when pressed by Chris Mathews....again it's a style thing with Frum.

Novak is a petty backstabber

Funny, but Frum showed hmself to be a pretty good "Turk" when it came to Trent Lott.

Is it a crime to write a book about one's experience working for the President?

He was the first one to cash in....do you think the President appreciated it?....again it's a style/class thing with Frum.

Hagel enjoys being a US citizen by the "accident" of birth.

You want to reconsider that line?....Did he "accidently" land in a rice paddy in Viet Nam too? Were the two "purple hearts" accidently given to him?

And again, no one is challenging the twerp's right to free speech, rather my disdain is directed his way for his inability to deal with free speech he finds uncomfortable like an American. I don't appreciate Canadians lugging their speech restrictions with them when they decide the money's better down here.

Also, I don't believe Frum ever singled out Hagel for criticism ( I doubt he's man enough to do so), or included him in his tawdry list of the "unpatriotic", but phikapamom did....and that's how we arrived at this discussion.

1) Trent Lott died of self-inflicted wounds. And David Frum wasn't the only one calling for him to step aside. (It seems the President gave him a push too, as I recall.)

2) Again, where's the crime in "cashing in" on writing a book about the Bush White House? Someone had to write the first book. Bill Sammon wrote the first book about the White House response to terror, and his pre-dated Frum's. But Frum's book was better, more insightful. I have no idea what W. thinks of Frum's book, but he should be pleased. It casts George W. Bush in a positive light.

3) I'm not implying Hagel isn't a good American (and his service in Vietnam is greatly respected). Perhaps my point about him being an American by the "accident of birth" should have been applied to great faceless mass of Americans who go through their lives never thinking about anything much beyond what's on TV that evening, and who have no realization how great a country this is. My point was that Frum chose to become an American, and people who make a conscious choice to come here often have a better appreciation of what this country means in terms of its system of government, its freedoms, and its role as a light and hope to the rest of the world. To contrast Hagel and Frum on this point wasn't fair. My point is that his opinions cannot be denegrated because he comes from Canada.