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David Frum: Think the U.S. Election Is About the Economy? Not.

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cinesimon5/14/2012 4:43:34 pm PDT

Frum may pretend to be a sensible person, and he has convinced quite a few people - indeed, he’s a Bush republican, which in today’s world means he’s virtually a RINO. But he is a classic Bush republican.
If you really read his work, he’s just like all the rest: false equivalence is something he uses on a massive scale.

Just look at the intro for the above story:
“Barack Obama is foreign.
Oh yeah? Mitt Romney is a bully.”

So, a massive conspiracy industry against Obama based on racism and overt dishonesty, to Frum is the equivalent of a relatively small story, that is accurate, from Romney’s youth? A story which is relevant given Romney’s contemporary politics - his right wing stances about homosexuality, about women, about bullying?

Frum may seem like he’s being reasonable. But really, he’s a typical republican that we used to face. Not as crass, not as hateful, but just as backward in all the ways that count - and certainly, just as dishonest.