I don't think that Friedman understands anything he can't get royalties from....

Shocking! Tom Friedman Doesn’t Understand The Tea Party Movement:

"Ah the cutesy nickname. Friedman has been working this for years. I’m not sure if he stole the shtick from Maureen Dowd or the other way around but it’s annoying. Liberals, especially the ones working at and/or who read the NY Times, are forever going on about how much smarter and more nuanced they are than say the average rube who watches Fox News. Yet they seem to need a spoon full of childish phrasing to help them swallow their supposedly big ideas.