David Frum "resigns" from AEI over "Waterloo, Most Crushing Defeat Since 60s" comments on GOP & HCR

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/25/david-frum-aei-split-cons_n_513544.html

Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum has resigned from the right-wing American Enterprise Institute, Frum announced on his Web site Thursday afternoon -- a move which suggests the conservative movement has cut ties with Frum over the straight talk he has been providing all week.

Following the passage of health care reform in the House, Frum made waves with a column for CNN.com declaring that health care had proven to been "Waterloo" for the GOP, not for Obama as Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) infamously suggested. Republican lawmakers quickly dismissed Frum, a prominent reformist conservative, as a mere "former staffer."

Then Frum said on "Nightline" that the Republican Party's lockstep with the Fox News attack machine has hurt the party, and that "we're discovering we work for Fox." That may have been the last straw for AEI President Arthur Brooks.

"I have been a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute since 2003. At lunch today, AEI President Arthur Brooks and I came to a termination of that relationship," Frum wrote on his Web site. The full text of his "resignation" letter is below:

Dear Arthur,

This will memorialize our conversation at lunch today. Effective immediately, my position as a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute is terminated. I appreciate the consideration that delays my emptying of my office until after my return from travel next week. Premises will be vacated no later than April 9.

I have had many fruitful years at the American Enterprise Institute, and I do regret this abrupt and unexpected conclusion of our relationship.

Very truly yours,
David Frum

[rfranklin]

1. He did not realize he is working for a propaganda shop...

and the truth will not be tolerated.

[JBoy]

2. The smartest rat is always the first to flee the sinking ship.

[JHB]

3. Go off-message, go off-payroll. The simple, basic equation of conservative PR

Through the door or out the window.

[rocktivity]

4. ...Frum said Republican Party's lockstep with...Fox News

...has hurt the party, and that "we're discovering we work for Fox."

TRANSLATION: Frum said that the Republican party's refusal to stay in lockstep WITH HIM has hurt the party, and that I'm discovering that no one wants to hire ME."

P.S. You did NOT resign, Frum--YOU GOT FIRED.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Webster Green]

5. No room for truth in that "think" tank.

Their mission statement declares that no actual thinking will be tolerated.

[lob1]

6. It's one of those no thought think tanks.

[Kablooie]

7. If you don't goose-step with the crowd you are out.

Have Democrats ever kicked someone out because they had an opinion different from the leadership?

Seems the Republicans are getting in some totalitarian practice for their eventual takeover.
(Their idea not mine. The takeover.)