Thomas Friedman/NYT: wimpy, unintelligent smearer of Sarah Palin

Posted Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:08 am

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times offers "Palin's Kind of Patriotism" in which he sleazily questions Sarah Palin's patriotism (link). It starts out with this:

Criticizing Sarah Palin is truly shooting fish in a barrel. But given the huge attention she is getting, you can't just ignore what she has to say.

If someone said the same first sentence about BHO, the Huffington Post would go to red alert, and might even call the Secret Service.

But, Thomas L. Friedman is right about one thing: it's easy to criticize Palin, because she's disfavored by the establishment. Friedman is just a bullying toady who's piling on, picking on someone knowing that his patrons approve and he won't get any flak for it.

Continuing, with bolding added:

And there was one thing she said in the debate with Joe Biden that really sticks in my craw. It was when she turned to Biden and declared: "You said recently that higher taxes or asking for higher taxes or paying higher taxes is patriotic. In the middle class of America, which is where Todd and I have been all of our lives, that's not patriotic." ...What an awful statement. Palin defended the government’s $700 billion rescue plan. She defended the surge in Iraq, where her own son is now serving. She defended sending more troops to Afghanistan. And yet, at the same time, she declared that Americans who pay their fair share of taxes to support all those government-led endeavors should not be considered patriotic.

1. She didn't say that those who pay taxes aren't patriotic. She was complaining about being required to pay higher taxes, and said that's not considered patriotic in "the middle class of America". Whether Tom Friedman doesn't understand the difference or thinks his readers won't notice his leap isn't known.

2. Thomas Freidman presents a false choice: there are other sources for the revenue mentioned, for instance, higher taxes for those above middle class.

3. Palin didn't make the decision to go into Iraq; if she had been president perhaps she would not have made that decision and thus those billions of dollars wouldn't have had to be spent.

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Comments

Angellight (not verified)

Wed, 10/08/2008 - 20:59

Conservative David Brooks on Barack Obama - "Obama has the great intellect. I was interviewing Obama a couple years ago, and I'm getting nowhere with the interview, it's late in the night, he's on the phone, walking off the Senate floor, he's cranky. Out of the blue I say, 'Ever read a guy named Reinhold Niebuhr?' And he says, 'Yeah.' So i say, 'What did Niebuhr mean to you?' For the next 20 minutes, he gave me a perfect description of Reinhold Niebuhr's thought, which is a very subtle thought process based on the idea that you have to use power while it corrupts you. And I was dazzled, I felt the tingle up my knee as Chris Matthews would say. And the other thing that does separate Obama from just a pure intellectual: he has tremendous powers of social perception. And this is why he's a politician, not an academic. A couple of years ago, I was writing columns attacking the Republican congress for spending too much money. And I throw in a few sentences attacking the Democrats to make myself feel better. And one morning I get an email from Obama saying, 'David, if you wanna attack us, fine, but you're only throwing in those sentences to make yourself feel better.' And it was a perfect description of what was going through my mind. And everybody who knows Obama all have these stories to tell about his capacity for social perception. Brooks predicted an Obama victory by nine points, and said that although he found Obama to be "a very mediocre senator," he was is surrounded by what Brooks called "by far the most impressive people in the Democratic party." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/david-brooks-sarah-palin_n_133001.html

Leave it to Beaner (not verified)

Thu, 10/09/2008 - 00:22

I think anglelight needs an anal light... Then at least that person could see as they "talk out of their ass"

24AheadDotCom (not verified)

Thu, 10/09/2008 - 02:09

David Brooks is an idiot; search for his name here for more. BHO is definitely slick, but HE\'S NEVER BEEN CHALLENGED by anyone who wanted to discredit him. That's what this is all about [1]. If someone actually calls him on his lies it will help reveal how much of a fake he really is.

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[1] 24ahead.com/blog/archives/008071.html

Mary (not verified)

Thu, 10/09/2008 - 02:24

The man has done nothing and has no plans for anything he promises...kinda reminds me of windsurfing dude Kerry..."I have a Plan!!"...and I'll tell ya AFTER you elect me!!!!

mkultra (not verified)

Thu, 10/09/2008 - 03:00

Palin is an idiot. Jesus H Christ, she took six years to get a journalism degree. Why is this so hard for you wingnuts to understand?

Mary (not verified)

Thu, 10/09/2008 - 11:04

Palin is campaigning while raising 5 kids......married to a great "dude" and kicking Bidens rear end! AND she is doing it in High Heels!!! Bet you couldn't do the same ...it might interfere with your drinking!