September 11, 2007
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:In Which Megan's Right Wing Conspiracy Membership is Confirmed
Second, Jon talks at some length about the media, and in particular about the Republican ability to get journalists to harp endlessly on supposed character flaws of Democrats, while their own candidates get a free pass. He emphasizes the right-wing echo chamber, but there’s more to it than that. It’s also – as I can report from my own experience – a result of asymmetrical intimidation. Quite simply, if you point out character flaws in a conservative, there will be an all-out effort, involving major media as well as blogs and talk radio, to discredit and ruin you, personally. This just doesn’t happen on the other side.
Asymmetrical Intimidation! Why didn't we think of that? But he could have said "..with 2X4s".
Horse Hockey. I'll bet you a few gajillion 'Bushisms of the day' the media will find a comically unflattering handle for any politician or candidate and treat it like the gift that keeps on giving. Sort of like, you know, "shrill" or something. And the folks on the other side of the aisle will go batshit impugning the motives of those who use it. I mean...move on, for cryin' out loud.
Posted by Mindles H. Dreck at September 11, 2007 2:29 PM | Technorati inbound linksWhen you read some wingnut's rantings in the comments section of some one's blog, you probably picture some angry, sad, borderline mentally unbalanced person who has replaced the normal need for religious assurance with some nutty worldview where everything is someone's fault, and those mendacious people are out there in plain sight, and why can people SEE THAT!
But Krugman, jeez, that guy is smart, and his books don't seem like the work of a nutjob. It's like he just snapped one day.
>in 1991 the American Economic Association awarded him its John Bates Clark medal, a prize given every two years to "that economist under forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic knowledge."
He seems to have unlearned everything he once knew about economics (just like, to a lesser extent, Arianna Huffington).
Geez, no wonder Megan switched blogs. This one is just plain filthy!
[sorry - bit of a comment spam attach. I've purged most of it - Dreck]
Sounds like we need an anti-spam solution, eh?
But, back on topic, Krugman really is just useless on political topics.
People, even people who'd know and have no water to carry for him personally, like Megan, say Krugman's on the ball when it comes to pure economics, but I'd never suspect it from reading his political rantings.
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