Oh my, David Brooks and David Frum.  They were once Republicans — now they are Obamicans.  They’ve been taken in by Teh One.  Since before the election, they have been held up by the Left and the media as Conservative dissidents to show just how great Obama is at bringing people together.  They’ve both gotten more attention and recognition than at any other time.  Honestly, had most of you heard of them before the campaign?

So this week, David Frum has the cover of Newsweek with an article on how wrong Rush is.  He calls himself a conservative, even going so far as to list his bona fides.  He once wrote for National Review Online until he made many true believers mad because he bought into the media’s portrayal of Sarah Palin.  Some of his writings are classic conservatism, but I think he wants to move the party away from the “religious element” that has formed the social policies of the party. He mentions those factions that want to change the party in his article as if he’s not one of them.   But the party of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism already exists with the Libertarians, and he should go join them.

So, this article.  Gosh.  What an ass-kissing piece.  Frum even drags out the Obama-is-buff drivel.  He helps the Obama faithful in their goal of calling Rush the leader of the Republican party.  He says Rush has a “history of drug dependency.”  I think he chose that word — dependency — very carefully.  If he would have said “drug use,” it would have been dishonest not to point out Obama’s own problems with drugs, as so deftly pointed out by a Hot Air commenter.  The only part of this article I agree with comes on the last page when he suggests that Republicans need to bring creative alternatives to the table instead of just voting no.  I’m not sure if his idea of an alternative means breaking with principles, since earlier in the article he called for the Republican platform to revolve around health care reform and not tax cuts.  My idea of alternatives means getting more creative solutions to daily problems USING conservative principles.

Now on to David Brooks.  He went on Stephanopoulos’s show “This Week” to help Stephanopoulos’s little gossip group perpetuate their “Rush Rules Republicans” mantra.  He says that the GOP are insane for channelling Rush and Reagan in calling for a spending freeze during a recession.  He says other Republicans feels the same way he does — like David Frum. 

Brooks also jumped on the Obama bandwagon early.  He also blamed it on Palin.  But, I don’t think that was the case.  Recall Michelle Malkin’s aptly titled piece “David Brooks’ Ivy League Ejaculations.”  I think he was upset that the government was being run by people he saw as lesser than him, even though Bush also has an Ivy League education.  I wonder what he thinks of all those expensive diplomas now?

Update: I completely forgot the three-day excursion out into the wilderness that is NObama Land.  He ventured out by announcing that Obama wasn’t who he thought he was (duh!), then quickly returned when he realized that being out in the cold wasn’t so nice (look at how former Obamaton Jim Cramer was treated after criticizing Obama’s economic plan).

Update II: Ace has some insights into the ego of David Frum and his lack of pertinent arguments.  It’s a good read.