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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,173 posts)
22. People are underestimating Frum's turn.
Tue Dec 11, 2018, 02:45 PM
Dec 2018

He was onto Putin's games long before most people, including many self-described liberals.

I remember after Putin's invasion of Crimea and interference in Ukraine, Frum published an excellent assessment of Putin's motives in The Atlantic. I wanted to post it here to show some of the posters who were--willingly or unwillingly--posting Kremlin propaganda that excused the Russian hostilities. But I figured I would just get shouted down or ignored because of Frum's past associations.

In retrospect, I should have just gone ahead and posted it.

But by all means, we should just post the folks who have been deemed to be sufficiently liberal dating back to the point where they were in utero, correct?

Wish I could hope that weren't true. lindysalsagal Dec 2018 #1
Sad but True dlk Dec 2018 #2
And North Carolina. eom littlemissmartypants Dec 2018 #9
Morally bankrupt is the only way they are bankrupt! Dustlawyer Dec 2018 #28
evidence supports him Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #3
100% true AlexSFCA Dec 2018 #4
Well, Frum . . . peggysue2 Dec 2018 #5
Greed. Lust. Envy. It's always been what the GOP has stood for. ffr Dec 2018 #6
So true. dae Dec 2018 #7
The one "conservative" value: Cary Dec 2018 #8
That is because they are really facists disguised as old American conservatives! UCmeNdc Dec 2018 #10
Screw David Frum and what he thinks billpolonsky Dec 2018 #11
Frum just recycling an old speech and replacing "liberals" with "conservatives". Midnight Writer Dec 2018 #13
I strongly disagree radical noodle Dec 2018 #14
I agree with you! SkyDaddy7 Dec 2018 #15
There are several who have shown radical noodle Dec 2018 #16
Yes, they have! SkyDaddy7 Dec 2018 #17
as I have stated on here several times NewJeffCT Dec 2018 #19
People are underestimating Frum's turn. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2018 #22
I agree, but ... TwistOneUp Dec 2018 #23
THEY WILL ABANDON DEMOCRACY...and embrace FASCISM! / NATIONALISM! YOHABLO Dec 2018 #12
They already have FiveGoodMen Dec 2018 #25
"conservatism" is a long ass word Cha Dec 2018 #18
The last thing conservatives want is democracy. dchill Dec 2018 #20
Well yes, because they already have abandoned democracy FakeNoose Dec 2018 #21
Thats wrong. quakerboy Dec 2018 #24
That's the truth. This has been a shocking, shameful chapter in our country's history. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #26
Another Frum quote. underpants Dec 2018 #27
Conservativeshave never believed in democracy. GETPLANING Dec 2018 #29
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