Thomas Frank, liberal expert on heartland conservatives

Thomas Frank has made a name for himself with his balleyhooed yet phony and ridiculous critique of conservatism. His selling point is that he, unlike most liberals, understands middle American conservatives’ real interests and values (which, he says, the conservatives themselves don’t understand, because of the false consciousness imposed on them by conservative mastermind Karl Rove); yet every time Frank discusses the conservatives’ views, he gives the lie to his claim of empathy, by cruelly and ignorantly dismissing them, just like a liberal. Frank has another article out pushing the same tired thesis, and David Frum (an occasionally useful writer) takes it apart, mainly by quoting long excerpts from it.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at May 02, 2005 08:27 PM | Send