David Frum: GOP Has "Been Fleeced, Exploited, And Lied To By A Conservative Entertainment Complex"

[JRLeft]

Video at the link: http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/11/09/david-frum-gop-has-been-fleeced-exploited-and-l/191294

[struggle4progress]

1. oh dearie me. i'm in tears now

[bemildred]

9. Nobody gets madder than a wised up pigeon.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Frum is a genuinely smart guy

There's a lot of money to be made by exploiting suckers in this country. A long, fascinating treatment of it is here by Rick Perlstein (author of Nixonland):

http://www.thebaffler.com/past/the_long_con/

The big problem for the the GOP is how deeply the roots of snake oilmanship extend. This has been going on since Reagan and it won't go away anytime soon.

[flamingdem]

3. This is what keeps going through my mind

20-40 million. That's what Rove made. He's a scam artist, didn't even pull off election theft and got paid that much. Does he care? Not at all.

[vinny9698]

4. Bashing progressives has become a cottage industry

Dick Armey makes $500,000 per year, Newt has his own company bashing and promoting himself, the list goes on.
Cain, Palin, Bachmann, Newt, all ran in the GOP primaries to milk the system. Make money and push their non sense.

[smorkingapple]

5. They just realized this now? What the fuck? Did they also just discover the earth was round?

or 2+2=4?

They thought Hannity, Levin, Savage, Coulter and teh rest of those fuckers actually believe half the shit they spit out their mouths?

It reminds me of when I found out wrestling was fake or that Santa Claus wasn't real. only difference I was 12, not in my 30's, 40's and 50's...

[Flipper999]

6. The remaining sane republican points out the obvious truth...

...while his deluded companions howl and gnash their teeth in vain.

[RobinA]

11. Well, He's Done For

gettin' a little too close to the reality-based community to remain alive in that party.

[1StrongBlackMan]

7. Wow, be still my heart ...

I agreed with something Joe said: "That is not a political strategy; that is a business strategy."

But why are you so surprised, Joe? The modern gop is run by unabashed profit-seekers that have (but hopefully, had) identified a market to exploit ... low information/racial/fear-based voters (i.e., fox-viewership), along with other unabashed profit-seekers (i.e., the koch brothers), seeking to buy government.

"When a thief tells you that they are a thief ... believe them."

[socialindependocrat]

13. and it's the life the Repubs are promoting

Everyone for themselves

I got mine - go get your own

I just got mine - from you!

Now I'm mad - You go get yours from someone else!

Sorry - all the "haves" are fair game

The bigger the "have" you scam, the more you get

So, Rove scammed the biggest fish in the pond, didn't he?

The only thing bigger to scam is a country!
That's what Romney was shooting for
But if the Kochs owned Romney then they would have scammed the country

Maybe we just thought up a new Sim game - Build your estate
The learning will be - The more honest you are, the less you will get....

[JRLeft]

14. I wish i could rec your post.

[socialindependocrat]

15. None the less - I am honored

[GeorgeGist]

8. David Frum

Axis of Evil

[mac56]

10. Video is down

[JRLeft]

12. Its still there.