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Our Frum Forum intern ad has stirred criticism in a corner of the blogosphere. Our FrumForum intern ad has stirred criticism in a corner of the blogosphere. David Frum’s true colors Frum has a poster of Lenin and is claiming he wants a Counter Revolution as opposed to the Conservativ…

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Written by David Frum on Monday September 20, 2010

Christians as Oppressed Now as Blacks Under Jim Crow?

If one idea unites Angelo Codevilla's "The Ruling Class" it's the conviction that white Christians are targets of discrimination equal to that which ever oppressed black Americans. Click here for Part 1 of David Frum's review of Angelo Codevilla's "The Ruling Class". What can we learn …

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Written by David Frum on Monday September 20, 2010

Why I Will Never Be a Tea Partier

Tea Partiers have abandoned the cold rationalism of conservatism for the public theatrics and touchy-feely identity politics of the left. I have recently realized why I find the Tea Party phenomenon so grating. I have always believed that conservatism means not only a certain set of political …

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Written by Andrew Pavelyev on Monday September 20, 2010

Tea Party Won't Share Goldwater's Fate

Republicans worried about the Tea Party's growth are drawing false parallels between 2012 and 1964 when upstart Barry Goldwater was crushed in the election. After last week’s U.S. primaries that saw conservative Tea Party candidates wipe the floor with establishment rivals, some Republicans fear …

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Written by Peter Worthington on Monday September 20, 2010

Pence: O'Donnell Needs to Explain Witchcraft Comments

Pence: O'Donnell Must Explain Witchcraft Talk In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America , Rep. Mike Pence called on Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell to explain her recent comments about "dabbling in" witchcraft. Click …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

Palin to O'Donnell: Media Wants "Ur Destruction"

Palin to O'Donnell: Media Wants "Ur Destruction" The Hill reports: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) went to bat for Christine O'Donnell Sunday after the Delaware GOP Senate candidate canceled her appearances on two Sunday morning shows. "C[hristine] O'Donnell strategy: …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

Afghan Election Fraud Fears Rise

Afghan Election Fraud Fears Rise The New York Times reports: A day after Afghan parliamentary elections, scores of accounts of local ballot stuffing as well as the suppression of voting like that in Nagahan are beginning to surface, especially from the troubled provinces in …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

False "Death Panel" Fears Get New Life

Obamacare opponents won't drop the claim that the bill institutes "death panels" which ration care. But what critics label healthcare rationing, isn't really rationing. Political scientist Brendan Nyhan has written about how many conservatives continue to push claims that “death panels” will be …

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Written by Andrew Gelman on Monday September 20, 2010

Clinton: I Get Why Tea Party is Popular

Clinton: I Get Tea Party's Popularity Politics Daily reports: Former President Bill Clinton said Sunday that the Tea Party movement reflected a feeling among Americans that "they're getting the shaft" and he gets why they're popular, but expressed concern about the difficulty in …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

Rove: Murkowski Write-in Bid Will Flop

Rove: Murkowski Write-in Bid "Sad and Sorry" The Hill reports: Republican strategist Karl Rove said on "Fox News Sunday" that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is going to lose her Senate bid and that her decision to wage a write-in candidacy is “sad and sorry.” “Absolutely no she …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

GOP Candidate: Liberals are Just like Nazis

GOP Candidate: 'Liberals Are Just like Nazis' The Hill reports: The DCCC is going particularly hard after Urquhart, labeling him an extremist and circulating a video in which he equates the separation of church and state with Nazism. In the video, Urquhart suggests church-stat…

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

Tea Party Express Organized by GOP Insider

Tea Party Express Organized by GOP Insider The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to the Delaware primary, Sal Russo hosted a radio fund-raiser, organized a political rally and pressed the case with reporters that Christine O’Donnell was the Tea …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

US Soldiers Accused of Killing Afghans for Sport

US Soldiers Accused of Killing Afghans for Sport The Washington Post reports: AT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASH. The U.S. soldiers hatched a plan as simple as it was savage: to randomly target and kill an Afghan civilian, and to get away with it. For weeks, according to Army …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

BP: Oil Well is Finally "Dead"

BP: Oil Well is Finally "Dead" The New York Times reports: The federal government declared BP’s Macondo oil well dead on Sunday, nearly five months after it blew out of control, unleashing an environmental calamity in the Gulf of Mexico. “We can finally announce that the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

Powell Rips D'Souza and Gingrich Kenyan Comments

Powell Rips D'Souza & Gingrich Kenyan Comments Sam Stein reports: In a largely even-tempered appearance on "Meet the Press" Sunday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell did save a few harsh words for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for propagating rumors about the president …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

Dems Consider Ad Campaign Against Tea Party

Dems Plan to Link Tea Party to GOP The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — President Obama’s political advisers, looking for ways to help Democrats and alter the course of the midterm elections in the final weeks, are considering a range of ideas, including national …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

Get Ready for a Tax Hike

Everybody seems to believe that the GOP and Democrats will reach an agreement to extend the Bush tax cuts. Just about everybody may be wrong. The Bush tax cuts are scheduled to lapse in January 2011. Congress is debating some kind of renewal, and most people assume that some kind of renewal …

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Written by David Frum on Monday September 20, 2010

Portman Leads in Ohio Senate Race

Portman Leads in Ohio Senate Race The AP reports: COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)-- Former Bush budget director Rob Portman is enjoying a commanding advantage over his Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, in the race for Ohio's open Senate seat, according to a poll. A Quinnipiac University …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 20, 2010

How the Elites Became Tea Party Enemy #1

Angelo Codevilla's "The Ruling Class" reveals the Tea Party's belief in a nation divided in two: a real America versus an illegitimate America. Angelo Codevilla's American Spectator essay, "The Ruling Class," has now been released in book form , with an introduction by Rush Limbaugh. The essay …

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Written by David Frum on Sunday September 19, 2010

Palin Makes Limited Showing in Iowa

Palin Makes Limited Showing in Iowa The The New York Times reports: It was an efficient way for Ms. Palin to address the elephant in the room. Yet if she really had made up her mind whether to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, she may have spent her afternoon …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday September 19, 2010