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Frum is often the voice of reason & presents logical conclusions.
I wonder HOW many republicans respect his views?
(FYI: there is new info, those who view Fox news know less than those who don't watch news.)

I also wonder, how those millionaires see their republican party since this primary has unveiled the emptiness behind the curtain...




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Frum on the risks run by the right
By: Cactus Flower
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Fri, 25 Nov 11 11:12 PM
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"When contemplating the ruthless brilliance of this system, it’s tempting to fall back on the theory that the GOP is masterminded by a cadre of sinister billionaires, deftly manipulating the political process for their own benefit. The billionaires do exist, and some do indeed attempt to influence the political process. The bizarre fiasco of campaign-finance reform has perversely empowered them to give unlimited funds anonymously to special entities that can spend limitlessly. (Thanks, Senator ­McCain! Nice job, Senator Feingold!) Yet, for the most part, these Republican billionaires are not acting cynically. They watch Fox News too, and they’re gripped by the same apocalyptic fears as the Republican base. In funding the tea-party movement, they are ­actually acting against their own longer-term interests, for it is the richest who have the most interest in political stability, which depends upon broad societal agreement that the existing distribution of rewards is fair and reasonable. If the social order comes to seem unjust to large numbers of people, what happens next will make Occupy Wall Street look like a street fair."

http://nymag.com/print/?/news/politics/conservatives-david-frum-2011-11/


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