One of my professors in graduate school always remarked that it is not what you say, but who you are. That "who you are" then grants appropriate weight to "what you say". So, nobody cares when I say stuff, but when Thomas Friedman writes in the NY Times, then it is the metaphorical shot heard around the world. Like this latest column of his. An excerpt:
If the old saying — that “as General Motors goes, so goes America” — is true, then folks, we’re in a lot of trouble. General Motors’s stock-market value now stands at just $6.47 billion, compared with Toyota’s $162.6 billion. On top of it, G.M. shares sank to a 34-year low last week.
That’s us. We’re at a 34-year low. And digging out of this hole is what the next election has to be about and is going to be about — even if it is interrupted by a terrorist attack or an outbreak of war or peace in Iraq. We need nation-building at home, and we cannot wait another year to get started. Vote for the candidate who you think will do that best. Nothing else matters.
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