Colbert to Frum: ‘When Has the Head Helped the Conservative Movement?’
Although he denies it in this clip from Thursday's "Colbert Report," David Frum is indeed a "conservative apostate." What else can being fired from the American Enterprise Institute possibly mean? And what does all of this have to do with Scientology?Although he denies it in this clip from Thursday’s “Colbert Report,” David Frum is indeed a “conservative apostate.” What else can being fired from the American Enterprise Institute possibly mean? And what does all of this have to do with Scientology? Frum braved the Colbert treatment (not to mention a rather boisterous audience) to give his side of the story. –KA
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