Thomas Friedman Mesmerized at Speed of Trump's Curve Balls: Striking Out Obama's Legacy

Gotham City Slimes ^ | 10/18/2017 | Thomas "my-brain-is-Fried" man

[poconopundit]

I'm sure Thomas "My-Brain-is-Fried" Man went to college.  He has a fine command of English sentence construction, yet his brain was not designed to comprehend a multi-front attack. Leftist journalists employed at the major newspapers yearn for the good-ole-days when politics moved at a much slower pace.  The world of digital news and Twitter is not comfortable for them because they need time to think. Friedman's recent column proves he is totally unhinged by how fast Trump is governing and making changes.  To hear him describe his shock and bewilderment is just delicious. I paraphrase: "Trump is unraveling so many longstanding policies and institutions at once — Nafta, Obamacare, global climate accord, domestic clean power initiative, Pacific trade deal, Iran nuclear deal — without any real preparation either on the day before or for the morning after." Translation: Trump is moving so fast on so many fronts that my mind can't keep up.  It's not fair.  He needs to slow down and give we journalist batters a chance to "prepare".  And he needs to wind up his pitches more slowly.  And he shouldn't deliver his new policies rapid fire.  How do you expect we journalists to catch up?  Why, there's just no time for us to do a proper job of collaborating with the other MSM outlets to deliver a consistent Fake News story line. Bring on the hot dogs and popcorn, my FRiends!

[poconopundit]

Yes, and I’m not sure at why point you develop the sixth sense to know that there are certain forces that build a society, a culture, a nation. And other forces that tear it down, even if the intentions are good.

Even myself, I was believing free trade to be the guiding principle of capitalism. But it’s much more than that. And free trade can be harmful if it goes too far.

But the rise of Trump the candidate and president — and my interactions and reading on FR — has shown me that a nation should mirror the cohesiveness of a small family. It needs to protect itself, and take care of its own. It needs to sharpen its marketing and work skills. And there must be honesty, respect, and moral righteousness within the family.

The family is a model of the nation. And Trump is a nurturing and protective Dad for our nation.

[Mears]

2006

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[V K Lee]

Just an observer here; enjoying the view before us now. Truly amazing what our President has accomplished on so many levels in such a short amount of time.

Be it ever so slightly, you can feel the tide turning.

[neverevergiveup]

I agree entirely, and appreciate your insights about free trade, and your wonderful analogy between a nation and a family.

[spokeshave]

Translation: Trump is moving so fast on so many fronts that my mind can't keep up. It's not fair.

Ha Ha..lefties...

Just Trump using your own tools back on you

Cloward-Piven guaranteed to block up the opposition.

[poconopundit]

Excellent. I had never heard of Cloven-Piven. From Wikipedia:

The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined in 1966 by American sociologists and political activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven that called for overloading the U.S. public welfare system in order to precipitate a crisis that would lead to a replacement of the welfare system with a national system of "a guaranteed annual income and thus an end to poverty".

Obamacare was another Cloward-Piven ruse.

Indeed, Trump has "precipitated a crisis" for the Leftists.

[poconopundit]

Yes, indeed. The tide is turning and it's a new day for America.

[poconopundit]

The idea of associating the nation with the family is a very old idea. Here is how Will Durant translated Confucius...