Krugman slams centrists

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48. Why is Paul Krugman Misrepresenting the Demise of a Wall Street Funded, Right Wing...

Why is Paul Krugman Misrepresenting the Demise of a Wall Street Funded, Right Wing, Entitlement-Bashing Front Group?

Paul Krugman’s partisanship has become so shameless that we are giving him the inaugural Eric Schneiderman Decoy Award for his post “Things Fall Apart“. The Schneiderman Decoy Award goes for exceptional achievement in turning one’s good name over to particularly rancid Obama Administration initiatives.

Krugman’s post didn’t merely contain some cringe-making fawning over Obama; it was egregiously incorrect on the development that prompted the post, that of the death of Americans Elect, a shadowy group that had was out to sponsor a Presidential candidate. It’s hard to believe that Krugman does not know the orientation and aims of this failed effort.

Tom Ferguson, a political scientist who is widely considered the top expert on money in American politics, called out Americans Elect in March as a group out promote a right-wing, anti-entitlement message as “centrist” (for the record, polls regularly show majority votes in favor of preserving Social Security and Medicare). He also deemed their effort to be dead on arrival:

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Krugman instead, loudly, treats the centrist claims of the now-defunct Americans Elect as accurate:

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Krugman has taken some brave stands in the past, but this sort of shameless distortion of facts to make a case for Obama diminishes him, and won’t resonate with anyone other than Democrat loyalists. The sooner Krugman recognizes this fact and starts taking up more worthy causes, the better.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/05/why-is-paul-krugman-misrepresenting-the-demise-of-a-wall-street-funded-right-wing-entitlement-bashing-front-group.html

Evidently, Yves Smith believes Krugman is the enemy.

There are too many people focused on creating the impression that both parties are the same, infighting and/or trying to portray Obama as evil while the Republicans and their allies are steadily implementing their agenda---at the state level, via the courts and in Congress.

Focus!

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