Krugman Nails It BIG: "The End Of The Monster Years"

[kpete]

November 5, 2008, 8:25 am
The monster years

Last night wasn’t just a victory for tolerance; it wasn’t just a mandate for progressive change; it was also, I hope, the end of the monster years.

What I mean by that is that for the past 14 years America’s political life has been largely dominated by, well, monsters. Monsters like Tom DeLay, who suggested that the shootings at Columbine happened because schools teach students the theory of evolution. Monsters like Karl Rove, who declared that liberals wanted to offer “therapy and understanding” to terrorists. Monsters like Dick Cheney, who saw 9/11 as an opportunity to start torturing people.

And in our national discourse, we pretended that these monsters were reasonable, respectable people. To point out that the monsters were, in fact, monsters, was “shrill.”

Four years ago it seemed as if the monsters would dominate American politics for a long time to come. But for now, at least, they’ve been banished to the wilderness.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/the-monster-years/

thank you, mr. krugman, kp

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. the rest of the monsters need to be smoked out

[spooky3]

2. "banished to the wilderness" to be eaten by wolves who escaped the helicopter hunt

I hope

[DeepModem Mom]

3. K&R

[jerry92]

4. Health care should be a priority

Health is more imperative in my view than any other aspect of life. Tackle insurers first.

[indepat]

5. Sadly, an unbelievable number of monsters were returned to the House and Senate