Paul Krugman Gets It Wrong -- (Ok, I Realize This Is Not News)
By David Hinz Posted in 2008 — Comments (3) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
In an Op-Ed in today's New York Times entitled, Rove's Third Term, Paul Krugman does what he does best -- he completely gets it wrong on the issue of Gen Wesley Clark, Barack Obama and John McCain.
In true Klugman fashion he manages to see neither the forest, nor the trees, instead embarking on a fantasy cruise to Krugman Never-Never Land, where the Mainstream Media acts in coordination with Republican strategists to further the goals of the Right. If only Mr Krugman's Chimera bore some resemblance to fact.
Al Gore never claimed that he invented the Internet. Howard Dean didn’t scream. Hillary Clinton didn’t say she was staying in the race because Barack Obama might be assassinated. And Wesley Clark didn’t impugn John McCain’s military service.
The American people did not, in fact, see these Democrat luminaries spout these words on their television sets. The American people, confronted with the evidence of their own eyes and ears, were merely duped by a Rovian conspiracy.
What's more, Mr Krugman, Sen Kerry never accused the US Military of committing war crime atrocities, Rep Murtha never accused the US Marines of cold blooded murder, and Barack Obama had no idea that his pastor of 20 years had ever uttered a single word in condemnation of the very nation he seeks to lead. And the American people did not see the evidence with their own eyes.
In your world of fantasy, it is Neo-Con idealogues like Karl Rove who lie and steal elections; the George Bush's of this world who deliberately lead this country into "illegal" wars of aggression in search of American Hegemony over the Middle East; and the Dick Cheney's of this world who diabolically pull the puppet strings behind the scenes. It is too bad that "Illuminati Bankers" can't find their way into your delusions, but that would be just too much self-loathing for even you.
In the world of Paul Krugman, as in much of the far lunatic left, their own candidates, and their out-of-touch-with-America ideas are simply misunderstood by the public; dishonestly portrayed by a press eager to mimic the Conservative message. Is it possible to be more wrong? I think not.
Come with me on a journey through Never-Never Krugman Land as I deconstruct Mr Krugman, paragraph by weakly constructed thought, turning his diatribe against Karl Rove and Sen John McCain back onto the left.
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Me or your lying ears and eyes?
What is most despicable about Mr. Krugman is his fervent belief that those of a conservative nature are too stupid to form their own opinions regarding the examples in this post. If it weren't for those nasty conservative pundits, columnists and talk show hosts, most of the "redstate" Americans wouldn't have such dark thoughts about these glorious, heroic Democrats, who are only speaking truth to power.
God has placed obvious limits on man's intelligence but none what-so-ever on his stupidity.
Although I have less and less confidence in Dick Morris's ability to plan a successful campaign strategy for anybody, he did point out recently that the Republicans always go for the cape rather than the bull.
Example: If Bill Clinton commited a gaffe, they would run Hillary out with some outlandish statement or revelation, and the Republicans would go yapping after her like terriers after a mouse. Meanwhile, the Rat in the White House went merrily on his way, nibbling whatever cheese suited his fancy.
Such has happened with the Wes Clarke statement. We've been occupied with parsing his words and their implications while BHO has been dancing across the stage faster than a cowardly sheriff in an old TV western.
I know that his changes of position have been attacked, but not in the right way.
This rates its own blog, so I'll just write it now.
Meanwhile, any column that ridicules Paul Krugman deserves a Recommendation.
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