Inside the Beltway

PJTV has a super-sarcastic (and longggg) video up in which Bruce Bartlett and I are mocked and derided as out of touch with ordinary Americans for questioning the knowledgeability of tea party protesters. A lot of chortling on set. I chortled along with the hosts, but for different reasons.

PJTV has a super-sarcastic (and longggg) video up in which Bruce Bartlett and I are mocked and derided as out of touch with ordinary Americans for questioning the knowledgeability of tea party protesters. A lot of chortling on set. I chortled along with the hosts, but for different reasons:

Irony #1: Among those chortling at our lack of connection to everyday politics - the head of the Ayn Rand Center! Now there's a movement with grand appeal to everyday working Americans.

Irony #2: Video culminates with a long wish that GOP do better in future by appealing to independents and Democrats. Hint: promising to cut government radically won't do it, fellows. Been there, tried it, got the wounds to prove it.

Irony #3: Main theme of the video - stinging attack on out-of-touch Beltway elitists. And when Roger Simon, founder of PJTV decided he wanted a Washington book party, whom did he call? And where did he want it held? Yes, exactly, chez Frum. It was a nice evening, too! As for PJTV host Allen Barton: don't worry, dude, I'Il still be here when your book is out.