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Dennis Donovan

(24,105 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:27 PM 22 hrs ago

David Frum: That would be huge...

David Frum
Do you think somebody possibly has video of Trump mocking the handicapped, demeaning US prisoners of war, boasting about sexually assaulting women, praising Vladimir Putin, or urging a violent attack on the US Capitol? That would be huge.
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David Frum: That would be huge... (Original Post) Dennis Donovan 22 hrs ago OP
Not that it matters now.. Moostache 22 hrs ago #1
I never used to like David From back then. Meadowoak 22 hrs ago #2
I agree... Moostache 22 hrs ago #3
It took a lot for me to even listen to him, being Canadian I knew he was an ahole but Bev54 21 hrs ago #12
Oh yes, I can remember a time PatSeg 6 hrs ago #21
What's really disturbing is to know that his threat of going full Hitler isn't a deal breaker for some. Initech 22 hrs ago #5
That's not a Threat. It's a promise. soldierant 1 hr ago #28
In the run-up to Hillary's defeat, I had to stop watching Rachel because she was often flippant pnwmom 3 min ago #30
He would just say don't believe what you saw. surfered 22 hrs ago #4
May I introduce you to the real David Frum: deeply intelligent and an old-school Conservative. Hekate 20 hrs ago #15
Frum being.... Abstractartist 3 hrs ago #25
Yes, got it. I meant Trump would just say don't believe what you saw. Like the light bulb joke: Q: How many GOPers surfered 2 hrs ago #26
Trump depravity will not cost him lodownhodown 2 hrs ago #27
He forgot to include the /s tag. soldierant 1 hr ago #29
TFG would just say Postal Grunt 3 hrs ago #23
On twitter Katcat 21 hrs ago #6
Just locker room behavior radical noodle 21 hrs ago #10
But being a traitor and an asshole is "just Trump being Trump," dontcha know. n/t Beartracks 21 hrs ago #7
That already happened and his MAGAloons went yawn! kimbutgar 21 hrs ago #8
Mark Halperin is reporting kellytore 21 hrs ago #9
Is he being facetious here? Sadly. Nt Quixote1818 21 hrs ago #11
David Frum is a Never Trumper and already knows there are videos & audios of all this behavior Hekate 20 hrs ago #17
I heard there's a tape of him asking an official to "find me 11,000 votes" PedroXimenez 20 hrs ago #13
ONLY if it was a Democrat who did it. N/t CousinIT 20 hrs ago #14
He was one of the first Republicans to denounce TFG. Grumpy Old Guy 20 hrs ago #16
Thank you for knowing this. Frum is an old-school conservative who has seen Trump for what he is from the get-go Hekate 20 hrs ago #18
TY Dennis D. Frum's use of irony & sarcasm is refreshing. Hekate 20 hrs ago #19
K&R UTUSN 19 hrs ago #20
Pretty good summation... ColoradoHoosier 5 hrs ago #22
They do, and it wouldn't be huge. Trump's supporters don't care. some of them like him BCAUSE Martin68 3 hrs ago #24

Moostache

(10,114 posts)
1. Not that it matters now..
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:35 PM
22 hrs ago

But I remember years ago that David Frum was an interviewee on the Rachel Maddow Show shortly after Rachel first got a show on MSNBC as the lead into to Countdown with Keith Olbermann... She got into a bit a verbal spat with him because he accused her of being flippant and unserious... Just file that under "things that make you go...HMMMMM".

Meadowoak

(6,047 posts)
2. I never used to like David From back then.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:49 PM
22 hrs ago

I do like him now, he's became much less of an asshole than he used to be. But he's very smart and tells it like it is.

Moostache

(10,114 posts)
3. I agree...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:52 PM
22 hrs ago

He is light years apart from me on policy and ideas still, but he is at least an old-school Republican, even a Reaganite (who by the way would have been run out of the MAGA insanity by now). Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace are similar to me.

But atoning for one's sin (if you believe in such concepts and conceits) is not for man to forgive or forget...

Bev54

(11,785 posts)
12. It took a lot for me to even listen to him, being Canadian I knew he was an ahole but
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:04 PM
21 hrs ago

it does seem Trump was a step too far for even him.

PatSeg

(49,584 posts)
21. Oh yes, I can remember a time
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 09:50 AM
6 hrs ago

when it would be impossible to believe I would ever like or agree with Frum. The last few years he has been right more often than wrong.

Initech

(101,482 posts)
5. What's really disturbing is to know that his threat of going full Hitler isn't a deal breaker for some.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:22 PM
22 hrs ago

pnwmom

(109,430 posts)
30. In the run-up to Hillary's defeat, I had to stop watching Rachel because she was often flippant
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 04:19 PM
3 min ago

and it was painful to me that she didn't seem to take the threat of Trump seriously.

I switched to CNN, because at least some people there understood the threat.

Obviously, Rachel eventually learned not to be flippant about Trump and I can watch her again.

Hekate

(94,100 posts)
15. May I introduce you to the real David Frum: deeply intelligent and an old-school Conservative.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:54 PM
20 hrs ago

He is being ironic in this post — very, very ironic. Every single one of us here at DU has seen Trump say and do these things on audio and video, and so has Frum.

Abstractartist

(131 posts)
25. Frum being....
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:14 PM
3 hrs ago

I actually believe Frum was being very sarcastic. He was saying, yeah ok what other video can you put out that would change this MAGA shit from being a destructive hoard of scum to law abiding, understanding, compassionate citizens…. NOTHING… why? Because we ourselves saw trump mock the handicapped, demeaning US prisoners of war, boasting about sexually assaulting women, praising Vladimir Putin, or urging a violent attack on the US Capitol? And the MAGAs are still on his side. Nothing will change the MAGA views, but the republicans that have pride for their country and community will see and vote Kamala.

surfered

(2,455 posts)
26. Yes, got it. I meant Trump would just say don't believe what you saw. Like the light bulb joke: Q: How many GOPers
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:33 PM
2 hrs ago

does it take to change a light bulb? A: None. Trump just says he did it and they sit in the dark and applaud.

soldierant

(7,744 posts)
29. He forgot to include the /s tag.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:47 PM
1 hr ago

Not yjat most of us would need it - i certainly didn't and meither did you - but I try always to include it as a courtesy., particularly to those on the spectrum, but there are also others whdon't process snark all that well.

radical noodle

(8,234 posts)
10. Just locker room behavior
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:49 PM
21 hrs ago

Boys will be boys, men will be men. I can almost hear the magats saying it.

kellytore

(204 posts)
9. Mark Halperin is reporting
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:44 PM
21 hrs ago

that there is a story floating around that if true would end Trump's candidacy. He added that he doesn't believe it, but just to have an asshole such as Halperin reporting this might mean there is some truth to the story, so the Maga's are trying to get ahead of it.

Hekate

(94,100 posts)
17. David Frum is a Never Trumper and already knows there are videos & audios of all this behavior
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:57 PM
20 hrs ago

He is being ironic

PedroXimenez

(492 posts)
13. I heard there's a tape of him asking an official to "find me 11,000 votes"
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:48 PM
20 hrs ago

sounds crazy but that's what i'm hearing

Grumpy Old Guy

(3,512 posts)
16. He was one of the first Republicans to denounce TFG.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:55 PM
20 hrs ago

I'll give him that much. Does that make up for being Bush 43's speechwriter? Probably.

Hekate

(94,100 posts)
18. Thank you for knowing this. Frum is an old-school conservative who has seen Trump for what he is from the get-go
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:59 PM
20 hrs ago

Martin68

(24,379 posts)
24. They do, and it wouldn't be huge. Trump's supporters don't care. some of them like him BCAUSE
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:09 PM
3 hrs ago

he does that stuff.

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