This past Thursday, Mark Levin talked about the speeches of Obama and Cheney and then took a call from a lib, Cindy in Westchester. That call has backbencher Rod Dreher in a tither. First, here is Mark unedited, in full context:

Rod’s friend Connor was miffed so Rod, being the world’s foremost authority on Mark Levin, penned a post entitled ‘The disgusting Mark Levin’ within which he wrote, “Good grief. Having spent about 15 unpleasant minutes [emphasis added mine] listening to this creep, I cannot imagine why anybody pays attention to him.” Then Rod’s other buddy, another bastion of the conservative movement, David Frum, decided to denounce Mark on liberal TV.

Mark responded at length today as a guest author on Dan’s Riehl World View site. Here is an excerpt:

After Rod wrote his post about me on his website, he solicited comments from the common man (who he represents, of course) asking whether they agreed with his take on me. Well, apparently they did not. But Rod wasn’t about to tolerate that. So, he applied his “Benedict Option” and began selectively editing them. Eventually he cut them off altogether. Something tells me Drehertown won’t be a very open and democratic place. Ah, if only Rod were a host of his own radio show. Then he could give these people what for.

And while Rod represents the future of conservatism (just ask him), he doesn’t understand my appeal. I mean, he listened to 15 minutes of my radio show and he just doesn’t get it. No, Rod doesn’t get it and he never will. He’s just not that smart or interesting. Rod says he knows I have a “huge best selling book” but he doesn’t know why. Of course, he gives no indication of ever having read it. Rod is supposedly unaware that for many years we posted articles and comments on the same website (nationalreview.com). So, a geek who spends most of his days and nights on the Internet doesn’t know I am a contributing editor to National Review? Oh the pain of it all.

Now, if I might, on to David Frum. What does Frum have to do with any of this, you ask? David has never recovered from my drubbing him on my radio show, or should I say the drubbing he gave himself. He immediately went crying to Newsweek, MSNBC, various broadcast networks, etc., to complain about the low state of conservatism. If only the rest of us would embrace the “true reformers” (you know, in addition to Frum, David Brooks and Ross Douthat, among others), we would be so much the better. Dare I say if they were intellectually coherent and consistent, not to mention principled, it might be easier to understand them. But they are, with a few exceptions, ineffective lightweights who shoot spitballs at conservatives from the backbenches. This is precisely why the media promote them during their little hissy fits.

Well, David happened upon Rod’s post about me and, of course, he was deeply disturbed by my exchange with the caller. Now, this would be the same David Frum who hawks himself and his irrelevant books (yes, another unsuccessful author by another of our leader wanna-bes) on Bill Maher’s show and the Daily Show. Somehow David has a high tolerance level for the endless vulgarity and ridicule these hosts viciously and personally unleash against prominent conservatives and Republicans. So, too, do liberals and Democrats.

Rod Dreher and David Frum were likely auditioning for future jobs with Media Matters, Think Progress, etc. With their talents, I hope they get hired.

Update: Over in the Green Room on HotAir.com they cite this in their ‘Max Boot: Hey, Let’s Throw Liz Cheney – er, Mark Levin and Ann Coulter – Under the Bus!’ post. And here is their latest.