David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

So how do they cope? They follow Don Draper's advice. "It never happened." The Tanden nomination is the opportunity to rev the pretense loud and fast. The lady was occasionally indecorous! Even ... sometimes ... untoward. We can't have THAT in the US government! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 23, 2021 Hibernated

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But of course those senators never said so. They were scared and they were shamed. Maybe they stopped some bad things - or at least they tell themselves they did. But the experience had to have been profoundly humiliating for almost all of them. And these are not humble people. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 23, 2021 Hibernated

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Hypocritical is not really the word to describe this behavior. It's more a kind of post-traumatic coping mechanism, a denial of the radical abuse that they also suffered, along with US allies worldwide, people of integrity in govt service, and so many bereaved American families — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 23, 2021 Hibernated