Frustrated

I just listened to an absurd clip of Mark Levin's show that I'm sure he counts as a reasonable retort to David Frum's entirely reasonable and intelligent analysis/criticism of Levin and his "book" Liberty and Tyranny. Instead Levin plays the part of a playground bully who resorts to name calling and immature foolishness that makes him look, well, incredibly foolish. This makes me depressed. Levin's metric for how bona fide one is as a conservative is the number of books one sells, as he repeatedly refers to the fact that he has sold over 900,00 and Frum only 4,000. LOL. At this point in my writing this entry I am laughing incredibly hard. IS LEVIN SERIOUS?! What the F is wrong with these people and how the HELL do they get nationally syndicated radio shows!? And WHY OH WHY do so so so so so so so many people get drawn into their tomfoolery and take their analyses of hard-hitting policy issues seriously?! It's such a tragedy.

These moments make me feel like the GOP is doomed because the type of conservatism that "sells" right now is such a joke. It's such an unsustainable mishmash of nonsense and jokers that literally has NOTHING to offer the country in the way of effective governing or policy strategy. This type of conservatism is wrong on everything from the economy to the environment mostly because the people talking about these issues (Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, and so many other INTELLECTUAL GIANTS!) know next to nothing about the issues other than REALLY REALLY SHITTY TALKING POINTS. Most of the people above don't even have a college education! And they are hi-jacking a movement that is enriching them and their cronies by writing incredibly shitty books. It's really depressing...

I invite you to compare the two critiques (Frum on Levin and Levin's response and commentary on Frum) and then decide which person you think might be most effective as a leader of a conservatism. It's a hard call I know...