David Frum's advice to conservatives

Here is the article:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...od-things.html

Key quote:

"I appreciate that conservative reformers must pay lip-service to shibboleths about Barack Obama being the worst president of all time, who won't rest until he has snuffed out the remains of constitutional liberty, etc. etc. Dissent too much from party orthodoxy, and you find yourself outside the party altogether. Still … conservative reformers should admit, if only to themselves, the harm that has been done by the politics of total war over the past five years. Now Republicans are working themselves into a frenzy that will paralyze Congress for the next 18 months at least, and could well lead to an impeachment crisis. As it becomes clear that the IRS story is an agency scandal, not a White House scandal, conservative reformers need to be ready to do their part to apply the brakes and turn the steering wheel. There will be a Republican president again someday, and that president will need American political institutions to work. Republicans also lose as those institutions degenerate."

I wonder if this article will sink in with some of our OCD posters on the right.

Some posters though are perfectly fine with every political institution disintegrating to nothing (of course, except the beloved military).

I wonder if this article will sink in with some of our OCD posters on the right. Originally Posted by ExNYer

The first four or five articles he's written offering similar advice obviously haven't sunk in. Ergo...

Perhaps there are people who don't want to fundamentally transform America. What did obama mean by fundamentally transform? Did he mean it in the same sense as the radical communists he admittedly looked for and hung out with in college?

I see one radical whack-job here has a derogatory comment for the beloved military. Aren't they the ones who are saving you from the clutches of the jihadis? The jihadis would love to ass-rape you before posting your beheading video on youtube.

As for me, I agree with Bill Clinton. See my signature line.

I'm not a citizen. I'm here for the money. When I take enough, I'm outta here. What happens, happens.

I find it funny that people like the previous posters in this thread can be so stupid and arrogant. It's people who think like you who ruined your country. The world is laughing at you. 100 years of decline and the real acceleration is beginning! Useful Idiots! LOL!

somebody call Immigration and have this asshats green card checked

Perhaps there are people who don't want to fundamentally transform America. What did obama mean by fundamentally transform? Did he mean it in the same sense as the radical communists he admittedly looked for and hung out with in college?

I see one radical whack-job here has a derogatory comment for the beloved military. Aren't they the ones who are saving you from the clutches of the jihadis? The jihadis would love to ass-rape you before posting your beheading video on youtube.

As for me, I agree with Bill Clinton. See my signature line.

I'm not a citizen. I'm here for the money. When I take enough, I'm outta here. What happens, happens.

I find it funny that people like the previous posters in this thread can be so stupid and arrogant. It's people who think like you who ruined your country. The world is laughing at you. 100 years of decline and the real acceleration is beginning! Useful Idiots! LOL! Originally Posted by Uncle Han

It's ok to admit you're afraid of black people. Let it out and free yourself from the chains that bind you.

Also, I would say that these days that our intelligence agencies do much more to keep us protected from terrorists than the military does.

somebody call Immigration and have this asshats green card checked Originally Posted by CJ7

In obama’s Americccp? LOL! Good luck with that! LOL!

Also, I would say that these days that our intelligence agencies do much more to keep us protected from terrorists than the military does. Originally Posted by jbravo_123

You may have a point. obama ordered your military to stand down and not help the Benghazi people. LOL! America is weak and ball-less under obama. LOL!

Here is the article:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...od-things.html

Key quote:

"I appreciate that conservative reformers must pay lip-service to shibboleths about Barack Obama being the worst president of all time, who won't rest until he has snuffed out the remains of constitutional liberty, etc. etc. Dissent too much from party orthodoxy, and you find yourself outside the party altogether. Still … conservative reformers should admit, if only to themselves, the harm that has been done by the politics of total war over the past five years. Now Republicans are working themselves into a frenzy that will paralyze Congress for the next 18 months at least, and could well lead to an impeachment crisis. As it becomes clear that the IRS story is an agency scandal, not a White House scandal, conservative reformers need to be ready to do their part to apply the brakes and turn the steering wheel. There will be a Republican president again someday, and that president will need American political institutions to work. Republicans also lose as those institutions degenerate."

I wonder if this article will sink in with some of our OCD posters on the right. Originally Posted by ExNYer

We would be foolish to give 1 inch to the socialist traitors, amongst us.

As for me, I agree with Bill Clinton. Originally Posted by Uncle Han

Noted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=i5knEXDsrL4

You may have a point. obama ordered your military to stand down and not help the Benghazi people. LOL! America is weak and ball-less under obama. LOL! Originally Posted by Uncle Han

Counteracting terrorism requires subtlety, finesse, and stealth - traits that the intelligence community is focused upon.

The military primarily intended for open aggressive confrontations so is inherently poor at effectively combating terrorism.

For all of your love of the military, our use of our military in Afghanistan and Iraq have hardly been shining beacons of effective anti-terrorism actions.

If anti-terrorism is your goal, the money would be better spent attacking the root of the problem, which is education and poverty. Educated people who have decent jobs and decent lives don't want to blow themselves up for their religion.

For all of your love of the military, our use of our military in Afghanistan and Iraq have hardly been shining beacons of effective anti-terrorism actions.

If anti-terrorism is your goal, the money would be better spent attacking the root of the problem, which is education and poverty. Educated people who have decent jobs and decent lives don't want to blow themselves up for their religion. Originally Posted by jbravo_123

Me in love with military? I am only recognizing the obvious that great evil exists in the world and you radical whack jobs attack the people who protect you. LOL!

Your military did a great job against terrorists andy terrorist States. Your politicians screwed up by trying to nation build.

You're not paying close attention. Many of the terrorists are educated and not poor. Look at the 19 from 9-11. Educated Saudis.

Major Hassan. Doctor.

Islam is like a cult. These people love death more than you love life.

God you Americans are dumb. Y'all rednecks may not be smart but you got arrogance in spades! LOL!

In obama’s Americccp? LOL! Good luck with that! LOL! Originally Posted by Uncle Han

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1018002.html


pack up Uncle Hannity

and kiss my ass on the way out

Uncle Hand has a Charlie Chan complex.

Me in love with military? I am only recognizing the obvious that great evil exists in the world and you radical whack jobs attack the people who protect you. LOL!

Your military did a great job against terrorists andy terrorist States. Your politicians screwed up by trying to nation build.

You're not paying close attention. Many of the terrorists are educated and not poor. Look at the 19 from 9-11. Educated Saudis.

Major Hassan. Doctor.

Islam is like a cult. These people love death more than you love life.

God you Americans are dumb. Y'all rednecks may not be smart but you got arrogance in spades! LOL! Originally Posted by Uncle Han

You regard any sort of questioning of the military as an attack on it, so yes I would say you are pretty in love with it. It makes sense given the Chinese penchant for blind obedience, so I won't hold it against you too much.

Our military did well taking down terrorists, you say? I'm sure all those WMDs we found in Iraq really put a dent in the terrorists' stockpiles... oh wait...

Certainly some terrorists will be educated. Most of those will likely be in leadership roles though. The vast majority of your suicide bombers and regular fighters are going to be poor and have no real prospects in life. Blowing yourself up against an imagined oppressor and getting your family paid / going to a theoretical great afterlife can seem like a great proposition in the face of that.

It's a lot tougher to recruit someone into killing themselves for you when they have a decent income and good life.