The conservative civil war

Washington Times by Jeffery T. Kuhner | Mar. 15, 2009 (Opinion)

Beltway conservatives are turning against Rush Limbaugh. The most recent assassin is David Frum. The former Bush speechwriter and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute wrote an article, "Why Rush is wrong," in the March 16 edition of Newsweek, attacking the popular talk radio host.

Mr. Frum argues that Mr. Limbaugh should not be the "public face" of the conservative movement. Mr. Frum says Mr. Limbaugh is caught in a time warp, championing ... Full Story »

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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Mar. 15, 2009

Wow! Mr. Kuhner’s commentary starts by describing the Beltway boys’ growing assassinations of their darling, Rush Limbaugh, this time in the person of David Frum. But it quickly becomes an adroit condemnation of the far, far right-wing elitist neocons trying to masquerade as “progressives” with absolutely not the slightest notion of what the Hell is needed to get out of the 19th century.

Neocon are now advocating a return to the Republican party they hijacked in the first place, then transformed into a splinter collection of century-old outdated nutcake philosophies.

What they have seen under Republican rule during the Bush years has been colossal incompetence: rampant corruption, runaway spending, soaring deficits, failing schools, broken borders, corporate plutocracy and quagmire in the Middle East.

Neocon are now advocating a return to the Republican party they hijacked in the first place, then transformed into a splinter collection of century-old outdated nutcake philosophies.

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