Thomas Friedman endorses Kerry... kinda...

[Doomsayer13]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/opinion/31friedman.html

The Apparent Heir
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN


Columnists for this newspaper are not allowed to endorse presidential candidates. But I think this election is so important, I am going to break the rules. I hope I don't get fired. But here goes: I am endorsing George Bush for president. No, no - not George W. Bush. I am endorsing his father - George Herbert Walker Bush.

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So as we approach this critical election of 2004, my advice, dear readers, is this: Vote for the candidate who embodies the ethos of George H. W. Bush - the old guy. Vote for the man who you think would have the same gut feel for nurturing allies and restoring bipartisanship to foreign policy as him. Vote for the man you think understands the importance of facing up to our fiscal responsibilities for the sake of our children. And vote for the man who has the best instincts for balancing realism and idealism and the man who understands the necessity of using energetic U.S. diplomacy to make Israel more secure - by helping to bring it peace with its Arab neighbors, not just more tours from American Christian fundamentalists.


Yes, next Tuesday, vote for the real political heir to George H. W. Bush. I'm sure you know who that is.

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Nearly all of his columns have been viruently anti-Bush lately.

[chiburb]

1. That's REALLY an excellent appeal to

Actual Republicans to cross over and vote for Kerry. I thought he did a great job in this column.

[MasonJar]

2. He promoted the war; now he sees that Bush has totally messed

Iraq up for generations.

[Eric J in MN]

3. If Thomas Friedman is so wise, why coulnd't he realize what the

majority of the world realized BEFORE the Iraq War, that Bush shoulnd't be trusted?

[BillZBubb]

4. Thomas Friedman is dangerous.

He poses as rational and progressive. He pushes the neo-liberal agenda. Endorsing GHWB is precisely the kind of nonsense I'd expect from him.

[ScrewyRabbit]

5. I don't care who Thomas Friedman endorses

He's an idiot.

[Tim_in_HK]

6. Friedman always amazes

me with his incredible grasp of the obvious in foreign relations, but even this grasp is usually about 2 years behind the curve. He's an idiot.