New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman suggests in today's column that the political atmosphere in the US today is similar to the atmosphere in Israel when PM Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995.
"I have no problem with any of the substantive criticism of President Obama from the right or left," Friedman writes. " But something very dangerous is happening. Criticism from the far right has begun tipping over into delegitimation and creating the same kind of climate here that existed in Israel on the eve of the Rabin assassination."
Why does Friedman think that delegitimation from the far right started with Obama? It began with Clinton if not before.
Posted by: Ron | September 30, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Are you stupid or what. The reason Americans are so angry is because we have an appeaser president that's trying to bankrupt the country.We also have foriegn policy problems that Obama is weak on. The average american will fight like hell for our country. And our freedom. Obama is bringing an atmosphere of Marxism that will NOT fly in the great United States of America!We will remain FREE!And Obama WILL be a one term president!
Posted by: blatzrox | September 30, 2009 at 02:41 PM
NOT EVERYONE FEELS THE WAY THE PREVIOUS TWO COMMENTERS.....THEIR WHOLE IDEALOGY IS FEAR BASED, SOMEONE IS GOING TO TAKE THEIR GUNS, OR THE BLACK MAN IS GOING TO RISE UP. THEY ARE FINE WITH BANCRUPTING THE COUNTRY TO GO AND BOMB AND KILL PEOPLE BUT WHEN THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO SPEND OUR MONEY HERE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, WELL THAT'S SOCIALISM. THEY DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN WHEN BUSH WAS CREATING DEFICITS TO THE TUNE OF A TRILLION FOR WAR BUT NOW THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND THE DEBT WE ARE LEAVING THEM.
Posted by: JOHN | October 02, 2009 at 01:49 PM
People like blatzrox scare the h*ll out of me. What they can't achieve through the ballot they hope to achieve with a gun. Unfortunately I think there is a very real comparison between the time of Rabin and the time of Obama.Foreign terrorists we have learned to handle and are prepared for. Internal right wing terrorists however are another thing entirely. Where is the line between free speech and advocating internal terrorism and assassination?
Do people like blatzrox cross that line?
Posted by: Danny Johnson | October 12, 2009 at 01:29 PM