David Frum Says the Unthinkable: Rush Limbaugh is Wrong

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Writing in Newsweek, conservative thinker and former Bush speech writer David Frum lays out the straight-forward case as to why Rush Limbaugh is, pure and simple, political "kryptonite":

And for the leader of the Republicans? A man [Limbaugh] who is aggressive and bombastic, cutting and sarcastic, dismisses the concerned citizens in network news focus groups as "losers." With his private plane and cigars, his history of drug dependency and his personal bulk, not to mention his tangled marital history, Rush is a walking stereotype of self-indulgence--exactly the image that Barack Obama most wants to affix to our philosophy and our party. And we're cooperating! Those images of crowds of CPACers cheering Rush's every rancorous word--we'll be seeing them rebroadcast for a long time.

No, not all conservatives have signed on to Rush's program, and not all lack the guts to criticize the shock-jock. Good for Frum. Yes, it's possible to criticize President Obama and denounce Rush Limbaugh all in the same breath.

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