Great article from Tom Friedman today:
NYT columnists aren't allowed to endorse presidential candidates, but Friedman comes closer than I've ever seen before. And although I think swing voters care more about the ability to bring change than a candidate's unflinching nerves, this column raises a good point: what use is the willingness to fearlessly exert power if there's no power to exert?
Why would Republicans, the party of business, want to focus our country on breathing life into a 19th-century technology -- fossil fuels -- rather than giving birth to a 21st-century technology -- renewable energy? As I have argued before, it reminds me of someone who, on the eve of the I.T. revolution -- on the eve of PCs and the Internet -- is pounding the table for America to make more I.B.M. typewriters and carbon paper. "Typewriters, baby, typewriters."
NYT columnists aren't allowed to endorse presidential candidates, but Friedman comes closer than I've ever seen before. And although I think swing voters care more about the ability to bring change than a candidate's unflinching nerves, this column raises a good point: what use is the willingness to fearlessly exert power if there's no power to exert?
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