Taki Magazine

It seems David Frum’s “axis-of-evil” has been replaced with a new enemy - the “axis-of-the-expendable,” or populist talk radio, once his greatest media ally but now his greatest embarrassment. The neocons loved when talk radio rallied the masses to support their war – but in true elite fashion, now that they’re no longer needed, neocons are washing their hands of these rabble rousers and their rabble.

When former Bush speechwriter David Frum attacked popular talk host Rush Limbaugh this week, it was worth pointing out how in discarding talk radio, the neoconservative pundit had betrayed he and his comrades’ greatest - and sometimes only - ally.