Thomas Friedman, columnist for The New York Times, wrote: ''But what troubled me yesterday was my feeling that this election was tipped because of an outpouring of support for George Bush by people who don't just favor different policies than I do--they think I am a pompous ass. We don't just disagree on what America should be doing; we disagree on my significance in the universe.''
I am very pleased that Mr. Friedman realizes that I regard him as an insignificant little grease speck in the larger universe bloviating away with no one listening to his pompous crap!
Thomas Friedman, columnist for The New York Times, wrote: ''But what troubled me yesterday was my feeling that this election was tipped because of an outpouring of support for George Bush by people who don't just favor different policies than I do--they think I am a pompous ass. We don't just disagree on what America should be doing; we disagree on my significance in the universe.''
Nice op ed by political scientist James Q. Wilson in todays WSJ (subscription required).
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109987690402167230,00.html?mod=opinion%5Fmain%5Fcommentaries
"...I am just as mystified by Mr. Friedman's lament that 'Christian fundamentalists' are ruining his America by fostering 'divisions and intolerance.' It would make as much sense to say that liberals are fostering division and intolerance by favoring abortion and gay marriages. In fact, abortion was not an issue in the election and Messrs. Bush and Kerry both opposed gay marriage. A ban on gay marriage was approved in Oregon, a state won by Sen. Kerry..."