David Frum(McCain Supporter)-McCain/Palin "Are Whipping Republicans & Conservatives Into A Fury"

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DAVID FRUM'S DIARY

Obama in the Corner

Let me say at the outset:

I’ll be voting for John McCain on November 4.

I’ll be voting for the man who was right about the surge, who holds clear-eyed views about terrorism and America's enemies, who has fought for leaner government over 20 years, who maneuvered the Roberts and Alito nominations through the Senate, who was right about Vladimir Putin, and who has throughout his career shown a personal candor and humility unusual in national politics.

Like a lot of Republicans, I’ll be swallowing a great deal in order to cast my vote. I’ll be swallowing objections to McCain’s views on issues from immigration to campaign finance reform. I’ll be swallowing doubts about personality and temperament. And above all, I’ll be swallowing some fairly intense suspicions that a McCain administration would veer quite sharply to the left – as McCain reverts to a career-long practice of pandering to conservatives during elections and then apologizing to liberals afterward.
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Those who press this Ayers line of attack are whipping Republicans and conservatives into a fury that is going to be very hard to calm after November. Is it really wise to send conservatives into opposition in a mood of disdain and fury for the next president, incidentally the first African-American president? Anger is a very bad political adviser. It can isolate us and push us to the extremes at exactly the moment when we ought to be rebuilding, rethinking, regrouping and recruiting.

I’m not suggesting that we remit our opposition to a hypothetical President Obama. Only that an outgunned party will need to stay cool. A big part of Obama’s appeal is his self-command. It’s a genuinely impressive quality. Let’s emulate it. We’ll be needing it.

(it gets better:)
http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmE5Njk3NDBlZGZhYWU4YTMyMGFkNjYyNjJmNzYwNTg=

[The Magistrate]

1. It Is Always Such Fun, Ma'am, When An Upper Crust Republican Meets His Constituents....

Frum knows, and always has known, that 'conservativism' has always depended for votes on whipping up raging hate....

[4_Legs_Good]

2. I can't stand David Frum, but he's actually talking sense

From his point of view and mine, I really want Obama to be at least given the chance to be the uniter we need. George jr. was never that and pissed any chance he had of doing it away.

It's been my dream for Obama from Day One to be that President who could make us all kinda at least respect one another again. The detractors in a campaign can say that "soaring rhetoric" doesn't matter, but IMO, it's the speeches we often remember most when we look back in history. The words of JFK, FDR, even Reagan are what we remember, and Obama can deliver it. He can make us ALL proud to be Americans again.

I understand Republicans wanting to win, but this is just un-American.

David

[geek tragedy]

3. It's like a sled racer just discovered he depends on the efforts

of dogs.