David Frum, the new Canadian Pi?ata
Yesterday, we took a first whack at David Frum’s sorry attempt at economic analysis. Brad DeLong followed and wasn’t impressed either.
Courtesy of The Toronto Star, we’re happy to note that David Frum found himself again on the receiving end during CTV’s election night coverage last night:
Best moment of the night came when Frum (the man who co-created the “axis of evil” line), opining in his eager-beaver way about how the Conservatives had positioned themselves left of this and right of that here or there, got slapped into the boards by Tobin, a former Liberal MP and premier of Newfoundland.
“George Bush’s speeches don’t work here!” snapped Tobin to a startled Frum.
In somewhat related news, here is one sentence from the same article that is begging for a creative ellipsis:
CTV took the low-budget road but gave us plenty of lively talk from the likes of former politicos Brian Tobin, Sheila Copps, John Crosbie and Deborah Grey, with consulting types such as Peter Donolo, Gerry Caplan and David Frum thrown into the mix.
could become:
CTV took the low-budget road […] with consulting types such as Peter Donolo, Gerry Caplan and David Frum thrown into the mix.
Oh, the comedy!
The Tories and Liberals did these horrible U.S. style negative ads, turned a lot of people off those two parties.
We have the exact government I wanted; a minority Liberal. Yay!
According to David Frum, it was the liberals who did all the negative advertising:
What happened? In the last ten days of the campaign, the Liberals unleashed an effective negative ad campaign ? to which the Conservatives responded less than effectively.
We copy and paste — you decide.
Well I wanted an NDP majority but you know, as long as I’m dreaming I’d like a pony. A liberal minority certainly isn’t the worst case scenario so I’m pretty happy with the outcome overall.
According to David Frum, it was the liberals who did all the negative advertising:
So when the Conservatives accused Paul Martin of supporting child pornography, I guess they meant it in a positive, nurturing way.
I hope the Canadians keep beating on Pinata Frum. Maybe some candy will spill out, instead of his usual shit.