Tom Friedman is a Dumbass....

[kentuck]

I know that doesn't fit with his image that the MSM has helped to create. He was just on CNN with Wolfe Blitzer. But this guy is a friggin dumbass. He was one of the biggest cheerleaders for the invasion of Iraq, although he later backed off and criticized the way the war was handled. But he spouted all this bullshit about how it was going to bring democracy to that part of the world so it was worth the effort...and under his breath, he always seemed to be saying, and to make Israel much more safe from her surrounding enemies. Does he still think Israel is safer? This war has made Israel position much less safe - espcecially if Iran gets nuclear weapons and the Shias take over in Iraq. I am not one of those people that are impressed with Tom Friedman, sorry.

[MADem]

1. Me neither. He's always had this odd attitude, that when he makes

an error in judgment, it's because he has gotten new information, but when anyone else makes an error, it is because they are nitwits.

He doesn't impress me, either.

[Kagemusha]

2. I would've laughed if you'd put this in LBN because it's not news...

Agreed with you on all points.

[Douglas Carpenter]

3. dumbass is too diplomatic to describe Thomas Friedman

[wtmusic]

4. Tom Friedman plays with dolls

"Here Mr. Shiite, shake hands with Mr. Sunni..."

[Slit Skirt]

5. he doesn't know jack

he talks about immigration as if it has any effect at all on his prestigious and protected life

[NNadir]

6. I've always thought him an ass.

He's pretty much par for the course in the supposedly "liberal" New York Times. Paul Krugman there is, to my way of thinking, filling the "token" role from the left that used to be filled by William Safire from the right.

Basically the entire New York Times credibility, along with that of the MSM as a whole, can be summed in two words: "Judith Miller."

[European Socialist]

7. K&R. His type is killing us with distorted logic.

[Flubadubya]

8. Funny as hell listening to him trash Lou Dobbs....

and then hearing Wolfie lamely trying to defend Dobbs. It was a real riot. Hah! :eyes:

[idlisambar]

9. I haven't met many people who disagree with this

Most intelligent people I know, regardless of their personal politics, think he is not so bright.

[playkate]

10. Do you think...

...that Iran never would have gotten nuclear weapons if we hadn't invaded Iraq? I do...

[Tom Joad]

11. Friedman is a cheerleader for the boss's team. Criminal warmonger.

"The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist," he wrote. "McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas.And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's technologies to flourish is called the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps." Tom Friedman


http://www.freedomofthepress.net/friedmanheadcheerleader.htm
Friedman: Head Cheerleader For The Boss's Team

by Anthony Arnove


It's hard to turn on the television or pick up a newspaper or go into a bookstore without seeing Thomas Friedman blaring at you.

Friedman writes a nationally syndicated column for the New York Times. His books on globalization and the Middle East are bestsellers--and are often praised by politicians and scholars. "Nobody understands the world the way he does," NBC's Tim Russert recently said of Friedman.

In April, Friedman won his third Pulitzer Prize, the most prestigious award in journalism, "for his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat ." He shared a Pulitzer in 1983 for the New York Times' international reporting and won another in 1988 for his coverage of Israel.
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Love occupation, war, u.s.imperialism, Israel occupation, the triumph of captialism over the needs of human beings? gotta love friedman. Brought to you by the same newspaper that brought us the iraq war. Remember Judith Miller?

Dumbass? More like Criminal warmonger.

[glitch]

12. Not mutually inclusive. They coincide more often than not.

"Dumbass? More like Criminal warmonger."

Smart people don't have to use violence to achieve their goals.