Comments on: Frum and the Squishes vs. Levin and the Conservatives http://marklevinfan.com/2009/07/28/frum-and-the-squishes-vs-levin-and-the-conservatives/ Unofficial fan website for the Great One, Mark Levin! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:14:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: task http://marklevinfan.com/2009/07/28/frum-and-the-squishes-vs-levin-and-the-conservatives/comment-page-1/#comment-44399 task Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:35:05 +0000 http://marklevinfan.com/?p=5263#comment-44399 Frum has been trying to climb out of the valley of ignominy for a long time. Maybe he should analyze the word “conservatism”. It is about conserving what is traditional and what works. Moderation cannot be conservative and is not “new” unless it modifies and moderates liberalism. From a practical and accurate perspective, consistent with the language, he should address himself as a moderate liberal which also applies to many others devoid of an understanding of history, economics, the significance of property, national defense and man’s inherent natural rights. More flamboyant moderate liberals such as Andrew Sullivan and the better known “McCain slayer” Colin Powel and others that populate the pages of the Slimes, the New Yorker and even Vanity Fare are better equipped at articulating the fallacy of moderation than Frum. The ratings are in; they are noticed and better loved by the liberal media and are especially sought after by liberals who often parade them out as conservatives, albeit counterfeit that they are. Frum is trying hard but still has a way to go to be the affectionate and loved moderate the media seeks to advertise to achieve the credibility that permits them to slyly support real liberals without being categorized as unfair. I don’t need a moderate to define for me what a conservative is about and who I am. If I would choose an alternative way of defining myself and what defines a conservative I would trust a solid liberal to provide the clues. Mr. Frum should understand that he is not sufficiently hated by liberals to qualify as a conservative. In fact they say nothing significant about him because he does not represent a threat. No one worries that the Fairness Doctrine, or one of its camouflaged do alikes, might squelch Frum’s political speech; it might, in fact, enhance it. When Mr. Frum, Mr. Dreher and others of his tribe are sufficiently vilified by the NY Slimes and the present Administration they might catch my attention. If he had the honesty to seek a yardstick to measure what really characterizes a conservative I would suggest that he try and comprehend why the media so vilifies Sarah Palin (fiscal responsibility, smaller government and strong national defense). Those clues, once deciphered, should lead him to understand exactly where he has gone wrong. Frum has been trying to climb out of the valley of ignominy for a long time. Maybe he should analyze the word “conservatism”. It is about conserving what is traditional and what works. Moderation cannot be conservative and is not “new” unless it modifies and moderates liberalism. From a practical and accurate perspective, consistent with the language, he should address himself as a moderate liberal which also applies to many others devoid of an understanding of history, economics, the significance of property, national defense and man’s inherent natural rights. More flamboyant moderate liberals such as Andrew Sullivan and the better known “McCain slayer” Colin Powel and others that populate the pages of the Slimes, the New Yorker and even Vanity Fare are better equipped at articulating the fallacy of moderation than Frum. The ratings are in; they are noticed and better loved by the liberal media and are especially sought after by liberals who often parade them out as conservatives, albeit counterfeit that they are. Frum is trying hard but still has a way to go to be the affectionate and loved moderate the media seeks to advertise to achieve the credibility that permits them to slyly support real liberals without being categorized as unfair.

I don’t need a moderate to define for me what a conservative is about and who I am. If I would choose an alternative way of defining myself and what defines a conservative I would trust a solid liberal to provide the clues. Mr. Frum should understand that he is not sufficiently hated by liberals to qualify as a conservative. In fact they say nothing significant about him because he does not represent a threat. No one worries that the Fairness Doctrine, or one of its camouflaged do alikes, might squelch Frum’s political speech; it might, in fact, enhance it. When Mr. Frum, Mr. Dreher and others of his tribe are sufficiently vilified by the NY Slimes and the present Administration they might catch my attention. If he had the honesty to seek a yardstick to measure what really characterizes a conservative I would suggest that he try and comprehend why the media so vilifies Sarah Palin (fiscal responsibility, smaller government and strong national defense). Those clues, once deciphered, should lead him to understand exactly where he has gone wrong.

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