frum.nationalreview.com - 10/30/2008
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Anne Applebuam, columnist for the Washington Post, published a piece yesterday endorsing Barack Obama over John McCain.
The piece has triggered some c... . . .
online.wsj.com - 11/7/2008
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online.wsj.com —
The liberal pundits who embraced the candidacy of
Barack Obama are also eager to issue a death...
certificate for free market capitalism. They're wrong, and they remind me of what the great Willie Nelson once said: "I'm ragged but I'm right." To be sure, ...
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'Compassionate' Conservatism Was a Mistake
ourfuture.org - 10/27/2008
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ourfuture.org —
The Village freakout continues, this time in the
form of Peter Wehner's op-ed in the Washington Post...
today . With most Republican candidates explicitly running on a platform promising a revival of Reagan conservatism and berating the supposed ...
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Conservatives, Despite Their Own Message, Pretend ...
littlegreenfootballs.com - 11/6/2008
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littlegreenfootballs.com —
Politics | Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:05:25
pm PST Some interesting comments from David Frum, as...
the GOP soul-searching and finger-pointing begins: Republicans face fraught choice between two roads to revival . A generation ago, Republicans dominated among ...
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Should the GOP Double Down on Social Conservatism?
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Frum on Applebaum
The Corner on National Review Online —
Thursday, October 30, 2008 [image] Frum on Applebaum [Ramesh Ponnuru] David Frum chides me for allegedly criticizing Anne Applebaum's "personal honor, integrity, and sincerity." I did nothing of the kind, and it takes a highly strained reading of ...
This is our house
Power Line —
... of Barack Obama, David Frum asks: "How small has the house of conservatism shrunk when it can find no room for Anne Applebaum. . .this generation's greatest living expert on the crimes of communism?" ...
The Small Tent
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
David Frum asks: How small has the house of conservatism shrunk when it can find no room for Anne Applebaum? What has happened at NR when this generation's greatest living expert on the crimes of communism can be dismissed as an unserious and dishonorable person? Paul Mirengoff answers that no one who votes for Obama is a conservative. Ugh. ...
To Siberia, Applebaum!
Hit & Run —
Whether or not you agree with him (generally, or in his staunch opposition to the Palin choice), David Frum has been a great read these past few months, and this broadside is no exception. For the sin of backing Barack Obama—in a rather ...
Reading David Frum
democracyarsenal.org —
... Is becoming a must. I imagine it's difficult for him, but he's really proven to be a courageous voice in the conservative camp. Not in the way of a conservative-intent-on-pleasing liberals, but more in a conservative-intent-on-saving-conservatism way. ...
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