What Super Wealthy Times Columnist Tom Friedman's Attack on Sanders Misses

[Ferd Berfel]

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/what-super-wealthy-times-columnist-tom-friedmans-attack-sanders-misses


"Friedman should be ashamed of himself."

"What if our 2016 election ends up being between a socialist and a borderline fascist -- ideas that died in 1989 and 1945 respectively?," New York Times pundit Tom Friedman asks in his latest column.

Friedman apparently doesn't understand that the idea that "died in 1989" was Communism. Senator Bernie Sanders, the "socialist" he's referring to, isn't a Communist. Is it really possible that Friedman doesn't understand the difference between authoritarian Communism and democratic socialism, which is how Sanders refers to himself? Or is he simply using that old tactic called "red-baiting" to try to make Sanders look like an extremist so that Hillary Clinton comes off as a moderate liberal?

Either way, Friedman should be ashamed of himself.

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And Hillary has a right wing neocon Billionaire oligarch promoting her - That tell you anything?

[restorefreedom]

1. blah, blah, blah..friedman is another establishment 1% hack

his thhoughts will only resonate with other like minded elites, not the people.

[Faux pas]

2. Kickin'

[SamKnause]

3. They really don't understand what is happening in this election.

No one is buying the establishment BULLSHIT anymore !!!!!!!!!!!

FEEL THE BERN

[Kentonio]

4. Even ignoring the obvious socialism/communism nonsense..

Portugal was fascist until 1974, Spain until 1975, and last I checked a little country called China is still communist. I can't help but feel that Mr Friedman probably didn't pay much attention during history class.

[Ferd Berfel]

6. The people he writes for probably dont understand any of that

[Dems to Win]

5. More votes for Bernie!

With such a strong anti-Establishment mood in the country, attacks by Friedman and Krugman just push voters into Bernie's camp.

[Broward]

7. "Suck on this" Tom Friedman?

How does this guy still have a column in the New York Times?

[Ferd Berfel]

10. He's an Oligarch Billionaire - He Married in to it

[DemocraticWing]

8. It can never be bad to be on the opposite side of Tom Friedman

He's the biggest joke in the media world.

[Indepatriot]

9. Had a brief encounter w/Friedman some years back.

Was going to a weekday matinee of "Sicko" in Pasadena, when who comes out of the theater but Mr. Friedman....I excused myself from the elderly gentleman who was with me and approached Mr. Friedman.

Me: excuse me, aren't you Thomas Friedman?
TF: Yes, yes I am.
Me: I'm a journalism student ( I was not then, but had been years before) and I'd like to ask you something.
TF: (puffing up a bit, thinking I'm a fanboy) Sure, go right ahead.
Me: How do you manage to make so much money when you are so wrong about everything? It's stunning, the Iraq War, NAFTA, "free trade", all of it, you got em' dead wrong and still you get paid, how do you do it?!
TF: walks hurriedly away...

[Ferd Berfel]

11. LOL

[StrictlyRockers]

12. kudos

well done, sir!

[Bernblu]

13. Freidman is an idiot

Always was and always will be. His one reason I stopped reading the NYT.