New York Times Columnists Say The Darndest Things
Did you happen to see New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman on CNN's Reliable Sources? He was asked by host Howard Kurtz if the media blew it vetting Obama during the 2008 presidential race.
Friedman, self-important windbag and long-time president of the Know-It-All club, responded, “Way too soon to tell that kind of thing, I think.”
Is it? Really?
Should we have been surprised that an academic and community organizer without a day’s experience in the private sector or even as a party leader steeped in legislative deal-making might not be equipped to handle the biggest, most difficult job in the world? A backbencher with an indisputable penchant for voting present on vexing issues was somehow going to magically morph into a Churchillian-style leader?
Maybe that’s what they meant by “transformative figure?”
Actually, the unwillingness or inability of Friedman and others to see the truth explains an awful lot. When some don't find the obvious…er…obvious, is it any wonder why the same failed economic policies keep getting proposed time and again?
I'm guessing that Friedman also thinks it's way too soon to know who the New York Times is going to endorse in 2012.
Friedman, self-important windbag and long-time president of the Know-It-All club, responded, “Way too soon to tell that kind of thing, I think.”
Is it? Really?
Should we have been surprised that an academic and community organizer without a day’s experience in the private sector or even as a party leader steeped in legislative deal-making might not be equipped to handle the biggest, most difficult job in the world? A backbencher with an indisputable penchant for voting present on vexing issues was somehow going to magically morph into a Churchillian-style leader?
Maybe that’s what they meant by “transformative figure?”
Actually, the unwillingness or inability of Friedman and others to see the truth explains an awful lot. When some don't find the obvious…er…obvious, is it any wonder why the same failed economic policies keep getting proposed time and again?
I'm guessing that Friedman also thinks it's way too soon to know who the New York Times is going to endorse in 2012.
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