He is not alone in his irrational hostility to Sarah Palin, but it remains a mysterious syndrome. Pity the poor quasi-conservative elite journalist whose desire not to be in the same room with evangelical hillbillies like Palin is only exceeded by his desire to continue being invited to those inside-the-Beltway gatherings where he runs the risk of bumping into her– and finding her the guest of honor! This nightmare scenario came much closer to happening last November than Frum seems prepared to admit — you would think from his dismissal of the social-conservative demographic that Obama had totally shellacked the Republicans, when in fact they were attracted to Palin in large numbers.

But what any of this has to do with the singular sexual history, habits, or life-decisions of one small-town girl is totally baffling.