You've got to see this, because it's a great example of basically running intellectual rings around a person. In this case, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow had former GOP Speechwriter David Frum on her show today.
David Frum came on with the idea of bashing Maddow on her way of reporting the news on politics and Maddow essentially forced him into a trap: he says she's being nasty, but he's basically being nasty in saying she's nasty, but if he agrees with her, it obliterates his argument.
Brilliant.
The problem, again, is that the person who's idologically biased runs the risk of falling into such traps again and again -- Frum could have gotten out of this by just agreeing with her and not insulting, ie: "If you took it seriously" or "If it were important" , otherwise Frum came off looking just like the party he claims he's at odds with.
Frum could have then said "I think you're totally right Rachel." then proceeded to focus on whatever Democratic example that was not the host but equally as bad as calling someone a terrorist he could find. For example, he could point to my blog for examples of how Dems accuse McCain of being racist and sexist, but he didn't do that. Indeed, he'd have a hard time looking for it at Obama rallies. Not the same kind of folks.
Instead, consumed by a weird combination of conservativism, ego, and anger, he started throwing haymakers, and missed.
Geez.
Nice work Rachel!
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