False equivalence is alive and well at the New York Times. In perhaps one of the stupidest Op-Eds not written by David Brooks, Andrew Rosenthal said….
Not such a long time ago, in our very own galaxy, an unlikely candidate startled his party’s establishment by coming from seemingly nowhere to win its nomination for president. Putting together a surprising coalition of alienated and frustrated voters, he won the White House over a Washington icon and claimed a mandate for swift and dramatic change.
But the new president, unaccustomed to Washington’s ways, made a huge mistake. He concluded that his election was a transformative moment that would sweep aside all entrenched interests. He believed he could unite his party and get his political enemies to cooperate, or at least back down, through the sheer force of his personality.
Everyone had agreed it was time for change, the new president reasoned. After all, his campaign crowds were huge and wildly enthusiastic. Surely the opposition would fall in line.
That candidate was Barack Obama.
Holy false equivalence, Batman.
I mean seriously, to equate Obama’s failed attempts at seeking common ground with republicans to Trump’s not-even-vaguely-sorta seeking common ground with democrats is just idiotic. Trump has literally not reached out to democrats at all, not once, not even a little. In fact, he has done the opposite at pretty much every opportunity
The sheer level of willful ignorance that Rosenthal had to gin up to write this piece of shit is truly mind boggling.