From the right: Paul Krugman's Indefensible Defense of Barack Obama

[pampango]

Now comes an article by Nobel Laureate and New York Times columnist, Paul Krugman, which is proudly announced as a defense of Barack Obama. Not content with actually defending Obama's record, Krugman, in the body of his article, goes a step further to announce: "Despite bitter opposition, despite having come close to self-inflicted disaster, Obama has emerged as one of the most consequential and, yes, successful presidents in American history."

No one should mistake Krugman for an objective observer -- although he has indeed been highly critical of the president in the past, mostly for not being radical enough! But that doesn't excuse or explain the crassness of this particular contribution or give anyone confidence that the president is destined to be remembered as the savior of his people.

These are all missing because Krugman reveals himself to be quite uninterested in any of them. For the author, "high office shouldn't be about putting points on the electoral scoreboard, it should be about changing the country for the better."

Ah, there it is: The raw, thumping heart of liberal orthodoxy. The idea of changing the country, of converting it into something different, something purer and something approximating that great utopian vision of armchair socialists over the centuries, drips through Krugman's analysis, making it abundantly clear why he avoids uncomfortable topics. For Krugman, an economically equitable society, drained of all prejudice and bigotry, where man pays obeisance to Nature and where its abundant resources are distributed equally amongst the world's citizens, should apparently be the goal of our presidents. Open borders, multilateralism, military retrenchment, the punishment of successful entrepreneurs, pan-sexuality, the coddling of tyrants and campaigns to end the expansion of land use or the excavation of fossil fuels -- are all elements that might fit snugly into such a vision.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/10/paul_krugmans_indefensible_defense_of_barack_obama_.html

Interesting to see how the far-right views Krugman's defense of Obama. In a strange way, the very conservative American Thinker, does a good job of summarizing Krugman's (indeed many liberals' ) view of a better society. (Although I am not sure where the author gets the "coddling of tyrants" and the, oh so predictable, punishment for successful entrepreneurs.

[JaneyVee]

1. LOL @ that rubbish being published at a site called...

"American Thinker". It's written at a 4th grade level. I guess they know their audience.