"Flathead: The Peculiar Genius of Thomas Friedman"

Taibbi cracks me up.

And I don't care how much coin he's making, you can't tell me that a masterful smackdown like that doesn't seriously burn a pseudo-intellectual blowhard like Friedman. Fantastic stuff.

AofG Extra: The bit about Bush works nicely with John Chait's spot on editorial in the L.A. Times.

Comments

[Cozmo]

Anyone else get the feeling that Matt Tiabi would be the worst guy ever if he were sitting next to you in a bar.

Jesus, dude. The title was called "The World is Flat" to sell books. Get over it.

Oh yeah, Matt. A little middle brow comment for a guy writing an entire article about malaproprisms - either spell out a number or use its arabic numbers, don't do both. It makes you look like a Mo-ron.

Now, the article on Bush - on point. This Palmerio business, while totally insignificant, is a perfect microcosim of this guy's thought process. "Bush, on the other hand, arrives at his beliefs through intuition. His supporters marvel at the unshakeable certainty of his convictions. Well, no wonder. " Amen.

[Bobby P]

I normally like Taibbi, but as someone in the swamp said a while back, funny that he took 3000+ words to call someone long winded.

[dfredsparks]

the whole herd/hunt thing was just nitpicky

[membengal]

Yeah, I like Tiabbi too, but that came off as if he were grinding the world's largest ax...which is fine, but it really came off as petty.

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