Frum's praise for McLaughlin

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on February 5, 2008 - 5:13pm.
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Joe McLaughlinDavid Frum praised Joe McLaughlin's campaign for Congress.

In a post earlier today, we wrote that the conservative National Review had "praised" McLaughlin, a former Onslow County commissioner running against U.S. Rep. Walter Jones in the Republican primary.

Some Jones supporters complained about that wording, so we thought we would clarify things.

David Frum, a former speechwriter for President Bush, wrote in his online blog at the National Review's Web site last November that he was hosting a fundraiser for McLaughlin because of Jones' actions:

Walter Jones, Republican from the 3d congressional district of North Carolina, has lengthened his list of destructive and embarrassing actions by joining the far-left of the Democratic House members to vote in favor of advancing articles of impeachment against Vice President Cheney.

He also said McLaughlin was a "distinguished American" who would "restore dignity" to the Republican House caucus.

Update: Jones' chief of staff says he "never voted" to impeach Cheney. 

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Re: Frum's praise for McLaughlin

Submitted by votejoe on April 8, 2008 - 7:45am.

Carlton:
If you and Mr. Jones support quitting in Iraq, then what is your plan to fight Islamic Extremism?

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David Frum is a Joke and a Neo-Conservative Extremist

Submitted by CarltonH on February 6, 2008 - 9:31am.

David Frum is a joke as a conservative. This former Canadian is a neo-conservative extremist who cares little about social issues and has even stated that social conservatives need to abandon their core principles when he wrote in the New York Times on January 25 that :

"Social traditionalists too need to adapt to new realities. Opposition to same-sex marriage is dwindling. The pro-life cause, though gaining strength, remains a minority point of view. If social conservatives can avoid seeming judgmental or punitive, their core message will become more relevant than ever to an America where marriage is equaling college as a tollgate to the middle class."

This cold shoulder approach to the values millions of Americans and North Carolinians approach is a poor disguise for his foreign policy extremism that led us to war in Iraq and has advocated attacks on Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. This is not what conservatives or Republicans should be about. Pipe dreams and Wilsonian crusades to make the world safe for democracy was the calling card of the Democrats. For decades to come Republicans are going to have to overcome the stain of the President's foreign policy blunder in Iraq that has left nearly 4,000 Americans dead and left us with hundreds of billions of dollars in debt to Communist China.

I hope the voters of the 3rd don't confuse supporting the troops with supporting bad policy. Saddam is gone, a new government is in place, and it is now time for our troops to begin to come home in a responsible manner and not just using Iraq as a launching pad for future attacks on Iran and Syria. Walter Jones came to the realization that many Republicans have came to through careful thought. The war may have left thousands of dead Al Qaeda members but has damaged the reputation of the United States and has made us more vulnerable to future attacks due to our unsecured borders which are open to millions of illegal aliens and any aspiring suicide bomber who chooses to dash across.

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