[lbo-talk] Friedman not running for president

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 8 10:06:11 PDT 2005


Here's some good news: Thomas Friedman isn't running for president.

From Romenesko:


>Noted: NYT's Friedman has no plans to run for president
>
>Fortune <http://www.fortune.com/fortune/print/0,15935,1100908,00.html>
>
>"Why should he?" writes Justin Fox. "He has been the nation's most
>influential pundit ever since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11,
>2001, propelled to that status by his knowledge of the Middle East
>and his skill at taking the complexities of world affairs and
>recasting them as catchy slogans, homey anecdotes, and simple
>choices." Tom Friedman vs. Walter Lippmann: "Lippmann was the voice
>of what came to be known as the American Century; Friedman aspires
>to a similar role in what you might call the Global Century."



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