2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumKrugman: I don't think Sanders has gone off the rails; I think this is who he always was.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Broward
(1,976 posts)Florencenj2point0
(435 posts)under the bus with you Krugman. And to think he used to be a progressive hero!
CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)Paul is a SHILL NOW He is willing to sell himself for a little TV time... Pathetic! There was a time that I thought he would be a good representative for sane economic policy but he lost his progressive bent and is now more of a Greenspaner... He wants to put a Wall Street puppet in the WH just to keep himself relevant? Not!
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Really pathetic
pengu
(462 posts)This primary has been very educational.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Raster
(20,996 posts)...this primary season was supposed to be a victory tour and preamble to the Coronation, all rolled into one... and then DAMN that Senator Sanders, thinking he could bring the political process back to the people. DAMN HIM! How dare he interfere with the Hillary's Date with Destiny. DAMN HIM! Doesn't he know it is HER turn? DAMN HIM!
Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)NT
Florencenj2point0
(435 posts)when you look back to the crap he wrote about women in the 70s, the legislation he sponsored to dump nuclear waste on poor mexicans in tx.....voting against Amber alert, voting against being able to sue gun manufacturers..... Sanders has always been about what was good for Sanders. He never had a full time job until he was 40 and indeed never voted until he was 40 and voted for himself.
I think this idea that he is some principled purveyor of truth and goodness is BS. I think he is a cynical user.
CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)Ah... but wait until next week... Gonna be a bump in the road comin before California... Which will be a good thing for America!
Raster
(20,996 posts)I bet you get a bonus.
Welcome to DU. Enjoy your stay.
:wave:
Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)...because it had mandatory minimums which even William Rehnquist considered unconstitutional.
The Sierra Blanca bill was supported by Governor Ann Richards and signed by President Bill Clinton. If someone can only support moving nuclear waste to less populated areas for evil reasons, then tell us they were evil.
Getting elected mayor at age 39 and serving in public office through age 74 with high ratings from constituents is a good career.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Whether he was given bad advice does not give a pass on his statement.
oasis
(49,151 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,252 posts)he's being "monstered", as they say in Great Britain. Unfairly
reformist2
(9,841 posts)baldguy
(36,649 posts)That's the guy that should be President!
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)baldguy
(36,649 posts)Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)Sanders is campaigning. That includes criticizing Clinton just as she criticizes Sanders.
Krugman is being petty by embracing this smear headline.
peace13
(11,076 posts)Talk about a rail hopper. She threw everything at him but nothing stuck. The DNC can't pull stunts like NE and not expect some blow back. Whatever Bernie does, it's not possible to do more damage than Hill and her cronies have done.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Democratic Party. I think it is who he is too and a lifetime shows up. A chip on the shoulder, always someone else's fault.
Billsmile
(404 posts)For a start we can go back to the '90s & free trade.
http://www.thenation.com/article/paul-krugman-raises-the-white-flag-on-trade/
Raster
(20,996 posts)...and down-right salivating over the souvenir coffee cup.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)The NYT hasn't run a headline "Clinton Willing to Harm Sanders."
That Krugman approves of the smear headline the NYT ran shows how full of hatred Krugman is.
frylock
(34,825 posts)Hillary boy.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)He's had 74 years to develop those character flaws.
BootinUp
(46,924 posts)polly7
(20,582 posts)this is who he always was. Fooled me for quite a while, though.
Establishment shill.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)and it's not a pretty sight.