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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalm down. Tom Friedman says not to worry that much about what Trump would
do if elected President:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/09/opinion/only-trump-can-trump-trump.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Kber
(5,043 posts)I read it as a warning that some people might think he's not as dangerous as he really is, making him a genuine threat in the general.
CTyankee
(63,769 posts)after you run from the right in the campaign...
annabanana
(52,791 posts)and his Friedman Unit..
Another sign we should worry.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Coming up a little short.
CTyankee
(63,769 posts)he's tapped into the righteous anger on the right. Paul Krugman has pointed out how that is just not true. He says Trump is tapping into the racism and xenophobia of the right that has always been there...
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)...David Brooks was asked what he thought of the state of discourse within the Republican party. His answer, predictably, began with, "Well, both sides..."
For an otherwise respectable news outlet, the NYT sure has stacked their Op Ed staff with right wing muppets.
CTyankee
(63,769 posts)in the past. I don't think Brooks cares but I think I know why his wife left him. Who could live with THAT...