Like many who pushed the Iraq War down America’s throat, Thomas Friedman refuses to accept responsibility for his role. Instead, he wants us to wait 20 years before we condemn him. How very convenient.
If no one is willing to standup for the middle class, then a real peaceful disruptive movement will be necessary that affects the bottom line of those that are the real takers in America.
He realizes the Republicans and Mitt Romney have nothing to offer the nation except the specter of a third George Bush term.
In a two-party system, a far better approach on fiscal issues is to elect the side that is more serious about finding ways to responsibly address long term health care costs and push them to do even more, rather than promoting a destructive and self-defeating fantasy about third party candidates.
Looking at the political landscape these days is like looking at an iceberg adrift on the ocean. You know it will eventually wind up in warmer climate where it will melt, but at the moment all you can focus on is its immense proportions, its icy and formidable composition and the hazard it poses to navigation.
