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rhett o rick

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17. So you are ok with it? nm

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 09:26 PM

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Krugman is getting close to the edge [View all] cthulu2016 Jun 2012 OP

Yes, that is something that must be said! freshwest Jun 2012 #1

He is a good economist who has no clue of the political realities of 21st century America bluestateguy Jun 2012 #2

He's a bloody Firebagger! MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #6

Are you saying that Krugman might as well save himself the effort of offering good ideas? ladjf Jun 2012 #53

Repeating this will never make it true. cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #7

Well, politicians, greedy Wall St schmucks ProfessionalLeftist Jun 2012 #10

So you are ok with it? nm rhett o rick Jun 2012 #17

He's brilliant and great at economics. grantcart Jun 2012 #26

Thank you bluestateguy Jun 2012 #28

If his failing is that he underestimates the full effects of GOP obstructionism Zalatix Jun 2012 #35

true donquijoterocket Jun 2012 #76

The "political reality" that you speak of.... tex-wyo-dem Jun 2012 #37

+10000 Amen! RufusTFirefly Jun 2012 #79

Personally, I sympathize with his impatience. nt ladjf Jun 2012 #54

*Both* parties are clamoring for austerity MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #59

which proves donquijoterocket Jun 2012 #77

He can. He's heard that argument. But he knows, logically, that when people in power sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #39

Absolutely right Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2012 #60

IOW you have to be willing to fight for it Agony Jun 2012 #67

20? chervilant Jun 2012 #88

+1 Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #74

He's not a fool and he's not ever passed a single piece of legislation. grantcart Jun 2012 #82

Krugman is doing the job he signed on to do. He informs the public, AND elected sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #86

Oh, brother. Hissyspit Jun 2012 #97

That's a punchy bon mot, but not very accurate. cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #42

Excellent post... sendero Jun 2012 #48

Excellent, excellent post. MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #63

great post paulk Jun 2012 #83

I responded to a more general criticism of Krugman in 82. grantcart Jun 2012 #84

Excellent. And he could now be excoriating the stupid Rs bread_and_roses Jun 2012 #87

I got here by way of a reference from Manny in another thread, and owe him for that. Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 #99

Sure he can count to 60. bvar22 Jun 2012 #93

Remember LBJ needed 67 Votes not 60 to overcome the Filibuster on the Civil Rights Bill happyslug Jun 2012 #103

Great post... Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #107

The problem is not with Krugman, it's with the politicians who have no clue of economic reality. JVS Jun 2012 #41

lol, right. Krugman just isn't blessed with your grasp of politics. Marr Jun 2012 #45

Krugman is doing a wonderful job of offering up a steady stream of good ideas about what ladjf Jun 2012 #52

I suspect he understands that political reality doesn't trump actual reality TheKentuckian Jun 2012 #55

And you miss the whole point quakerboy Jun 2012 #78

someone needs to be saying what Krugman is saying paulk Jun 2012 #81

You are a good person who has no clue of the realities of the current situation. Jakes Progress Jun 2012 #89

What? chervilant Jun 2012 #91

Lol, mr political science knows more than kurgan! Classic! Logical Jun 2012 #98

I respectfully disagree. Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #106

Love it! JNelson6563 Jun 2012 #3

Sing it brother chthulu! Yup, this willful ignorance has to stop. nt riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #4

Krugman is dangerous, unrealistic and MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #5

Look out, MG, you're about to become Ron Green Jun 2012 #9

Third-Way Manny, you're so sensible! hatrack Jun 2012 #11

He's a troop hating elistist. Gregorian Jun 2012 #16

As St. Margaret Thatcher said........ socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #19

Thatcher was pretty much evil incarnate to us Prophet 451 Jun 2012 #94

Yep, can imagine so.......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #101

I LIKE you! Vanje Jun 2012 #32

Your caricature is conflating different issues, as usual. joshcryer Jun 2012 #47

he's spot on in regards to the "Third Way" phony democratic mentality fascisthunter Jun 2012 #66

lol fascisthunter Jun 2012 #65

DUzy! Odin2005 Jun 2012 #72

very pragmatic datasuspect Jun 2012 #73

did you forget the "Sarcasm" smily? ~nt 99th_Monkey Jun 2012 #96

We need someone to run around with their hair on fire. Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #8

I love that pic. Ruby the Liberal Jun 2012 #12

It's near the beginning, I think. cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #15

Bush the Lesser was the biggest Keynesian of all time banned from Kos Jun 2012 #13

Just spending Federal monies does not make you Keynesian tkmorris Jun 2012 #18

Bush spent it on war, a Keynesian would have flooded States w/ cash & kept public employees working FarLeftFist Jun 2012 #20

Bush spent not just in Iraq but DHS, TSA, Medicare Drugs, schools, CIA, banned from Kos Jun 2012 #23

Those "$300 checks" were loans, by the way. You paid it back on the following year's tax return. PSPS Jun 2012 #34

You left out a few things. sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #40

Bush & Cheney funneled the federal $$$ to their buddies and themselves, privatizing suffragette Jun 2012 #29

This is not a popular observation, but cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #36

Well put. Bush's stimilus was real and in no way intended to benefit the middle class. banned from Kos Jun 2012 #51

The internet bubble did more than Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #108

Funny, too, that they didn't start counting that cash until 2010. DCKit Jun 2012 #49

Fuck reason ! RagAss Jun 2012 #14

who is that man? HiPointDem Jun 2012 #21

Anton Chugar... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2012 #24

but who is he? HiPointDem Jun 2012 #25

Javier something or another........ socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #27

Javier Bardem . . . hubba, hubba! nt patrice Jun 2012 #30

lol. i find him kind of creepy, at least in that clip. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #43

Oh yeah, in No Country he's max-creepy. Have you seen him in Marquez' Love in the Time of Cholera? n patrice Jun 2012 #69

How about The Dancer Upstairs? nt patrice Jun 2012 #71

I used smaller words. I provided homey examples.... illustrated with cartoons.... jtuck004 Jun 2012 #22

Krugman wanted to be Hari Seldon as a kid starroute Jun 2012 #31

asimov upi402 Jun 2012 #38

Stiglitz and Keen ftw! pam4water Jun 2012 #33

He does not seem to understand economics hfojvt Jun 2012 #44

My wife and I laughed our asses off as we read your speculation coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #46

Krugman is a ProSense Jun 2012 #50

Why does Obama refuse to even listen to Krugman at all? rurallib Jun 2012 #56

Beacuse a) Obama is a poltician, and cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #68

I disagree. bvar22 Jun 2012 #105

HERE IS WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE KEY PART OF DR. KRUGMAN'S ARGUMENT IN THE VIDEO drynberg Jun 2012 #57

Perfect! Waiting For Everyman Jun 2012 #58

K & R, excellent OT, CTHulu2016, excellent points in discussion, austerity talk mother earth Jun 2012 #61

IMO, the PTB and their paid for politicians know that Mr. Krugman is right. dotymed Jun 2012 #62

I do not think the desire to obstuct came to them in a dream 1-Old-Man Jun 2012 #64

Welcome to DU, 1-O-M! tosh Jun 2012 #70

WELCOME!!! Great post! Odin2005 Jun 2012 #80

The GOP is nothing Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #109

And so are Americans felix_numinous Jun 2012 #75

The only thing that will finally sink into the nutjobs is "I told you so". Thats what happens southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #85

Even that doesn't work cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #90

I never bought the WMD in the first place. I blame the republicans for pushing it. I blame southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #92

Krugman/Warren 2016 ~nt 99th_Monkey Jun 2012 #95

that picture is now my screen saver. irisblue Jun 2012 #100

I am no economist but When I was in college I took economics 101 TNLib Jun 2012 #102

I worship this man Rittermeister Jun 2012 #104