The Haughty Friedman

Here's your snake oil Friedman

Did I say that all Liberals are arrogant, condescending, and filled with moral superiority?  In a New York Times Op-Ed  titled "Insulting Our Troops, and Our Intelligence," Tom Friedman displays all that, and more. ''Everyone says that Karl Rove is a genius. Yeah, right. So are cigarette companies. They get you to buy cigarettes even though we know they cause cancer. That is the kind of genius Karl Rove is. He is not a man who has designed a strategy to reunite our country around an agenda of renewal for the 21st century -- to bring out the best in us. His "genius" is taking some irrelevant aside by John Kerry and twisting it to bring out the worst in us, so you will ignore the mess that the Bush team has visited on this country. ''And Karl Rove has succeeded at that in the past because he was sure that he could sell just enough Bush cigarettes, even though people knew they caused cancer. Please, please, for our country's health, prove him wrong this time. [snippet] When's the last time you saw Karl Rove giving a press conference where he described the Democratic Party's culture of corruption?  Rove's sin, in the eyes of liberals like Friedman, is finding it so easy to out-strategy the likes of Bob Shrum who has seven losing presidential campaigns—from George McGovern to Bob Kerrey—under his belt.  Friedman infers that we Bush voters are hayseeds, swayed by a fast talking snake oil salesman.  Here's what Bush voters know Tom. They know that Saddam Hussein was developing more WMDs. They know that Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame are liars. They know that Bill Clinton gave North Korea the keys to the nuke clubhouse.  They know that Rep. William Jefferson had $100,000 in his home freezer.  They know that Harry Reid took cash money for his vote, and engaged in slimy real estate transactions.  They know Democrat rule means more loss of American life, higher taxes and a policy of institutionalized hate.   Who's insulting our intelligence Tom?