NOT GETTING THE POINT

Thomas Friedman bemoans the fact that the GOP congressmen aren't doing anything to help America solve real problems, like climate change and health care. He argues that even the autocracy in China can get something useful done, despite the serious drawback of being an undemocratic government.

Now, it's clear that Friedman is pointing out GOP obstreperousness:

The G.O.P. used to be the party of business. Well, to compete and win in a globalized world, no one needs the burden of health insurance shifted from business to government more than American business. No one needs immigration reform — so the world’s best brainpower can come here without restrictions — more than American business. No one needs a push for clean-tech — the world’s next great global manufacturing industry — more than American business. Yet the G.O.P. today resists national health care, immigration reform and wants to just drill, baby, drill.

He's not arguing that we should be an autocracy but that doesn't stop dimwit Jonah Goldberg from calling Friedman a "liberal fascist."