Jump, David, Jump

Legal Insurrection

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The only reason, the only reason, the only reason anyone pays any attention to David Frum is that he is the mainstream media’s “useful conservative,” someone who screams about the crazy Republican Party and Tea Party movement.

Comment:  "Useful conservative" means the same as "useful idiot", a term used back in the old days of the Cold War.

There are plenty of other "useful conservatives" out there.  Consider Colin Powell, who isn't a conservative anyway.  Now he's saying the Tea Party is "extreme".   With respect to a deficit reduction deal, why compromise on principle in order to get a bad deal?  Phony budget cuts for real tax increases is not a compromise, it is a capitulation.

If that wasn't enough, consider this:

Given that Clinton wanted to run for reelection in 1996 against the Dole-Gingrich ticket — and spent a fair amount of money linking Dole to Gingrich — the former Speaker and his supporters might consider that Clinton’s latest praise may have a tinge of mischief. Clinton may well hope that Obama gets the chance to actually run against Newt, while Clinton had to make do with the illusion.

I was just thinking that the biggest problem out there is a lack of truth.  If somebody says something that somebody else doesn't like, regardless of whether or not it is truthful or not, too many people reject it out of hand.  The rejection is a knee jerk reaction.  The current times require some deeper thought about the conditions we face rather than to simply to react without thinking.

All the more reason to trust my own gut and stop listening to people who are trying to influence me for whatever reason.   It seems like these influential people are out there saying things in order to draw a reaction, not to get anyone to think.

One more example:

After learning that Ms Giffords, 41, and Mr Kelly, ‘were never contacted’ by Ms Palin following the fatal shooting, Mr Morgan is incredulous.

There is all kinds of evidence for anybody thoughtful enough to understand that Palin has no responsibility for what happened to Ms Giffords.   If I listened to what these people are saying, I'd be convinced that Palin ordered a hit and was personally responsible for the shooting.  Why should she apologize?  It is a monstrous accusation.  If anyone deserves an apology it is Palin.