KRUGMAN pimp slaps BROOKS: "Mr Patsy Pundit"

[UTUSN]

The link to KRUGMAN's column within the item below is by subscription.


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http://www.artsjournal.com/herman/archives/2007/07/mr_patsy_pundit.html

Mr. Patsy Pundit

Paul Krugman zapped a fellow New York Times columnist this morning with a sharp rebuke, basically calling him a Bush patsy and accusing him of being an enabler if not a believer.

(KRUGMAN: ) "In a coordinated public relations offensive, the White House is using reliably friendly pundits -- amazingly, they still exist -- to put out the word that President Bush is as upbeat and confident as ever."

Perhaps out of politeness, although more likely out of Times protocol, Krugman doesn't name him. But in case you missed who he means -- since he does name Republican Sen. Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana and Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, as key Bush enablers -- the patsy pundit Krugman means is David Brooks. ....



Even if Mr. Patsy Pundit is not a hardcore loyalist -- and he's not -- he is delusional for writing about Bush the way he does. And that's the trouble. "Many people" who realize what's wrong -- the pols, mainly Republicans, and the U.S. generals at the top -- "still refuse, out of political caution and careerism, to do anything about it," Krugman writes. But it's the patsy pundits like Brooks who enable them.

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[Kolesar]

1. K-tel records presents Patsy's Greatest Hits, including: "Iraq falls to pieces"

Call before midnight!

[panader0]

2. God morning laugh

[CatWoman]

3. here's the free link to Krugman's op ed

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072007E.shtml

[Old and In the Way]

4. Brooks reminds me of the street sweeper in the Fractured Fairytales 'toon.

Remember the guy who follows the parade, cleaning up after the elephants?

[Supersedeas]

6. harsh but probably true

[bryant69]

5. I hope they cancel that TImes Select BS soon

I miss reading Krugman.

Bryant
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