LOL! RUMSFELD Cancels His NYT Subcription In Protest Of KRUGMAN's "Repugnant Piece On 9/11"

[kpete]

Donald Rumsfeld Finally Cancels His New York Times Subscription

ERIK HAYDEN 11:13 AM ET

During his entire tenure with the Bush administration, Donald Rumsfeld apparently never canceled his subscription to The New York Times. And even earlier this spring when the Times skewered the former Secretary of Defense's memoir as a "tedious, self-serving volume," he seems to have endured. No more. Today, Rumsfeld finally had enough: his office tweeted: "After reading Krugman’s repugnant piece on 9/11, I cancelled my subscription to the New York Times this AM."

While Rumsfeld doesn't name the exact piece, it appears to be a blog post by Krugman on Sunday entitled "The Years of Shame" in which the liberal tears into "fake heroes" after September 11th who "raced to cash in on the horror." Krugman added: "And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons." The short Krugman post is uncompromising, but doesn't seem too out of the ordinary for him. Maybe Rumsfeld just discovered his blog.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/09/donald-rumsfeld-finally-cancels-his-times-subscription/42351/

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September 11, 2011, 8:41 AM
The Years of Shame
by PAUL KRUGMAN

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/the-years-of-shame/

..............And you have to love Krugman’s, um, clarification:

It’s probably worth pointing out that I’m not saying anything now that I wasn’t saying in real time back then, when Bush had a sky-high approval rating and any criticism was denounced as treason. And there’s nothing I’ve done in my life of which I’m more proud.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/more-about-the-911-anniversary/

[yellerpup]

1. NYT replies: "Ouch."

:sarcasm:

Rumsfeld is lucky not to be in jail--for now.

[Amonester]

24. Yep. He should be "somewhere" 'round The Hague. n t

[yellerpup]

27. Um-hum.

Or under the Hague.

[CatWoman]

2. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Rummy sure knows where to hit em where it hurts, huh?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[LiberalFighter]

3. He bothers to read anything?

[mmonk]

4. Criminals never want to be called out.

[JaneQPublic]

5. The truth hurts. (nt)

[RKP5637]

K&R!!! n/t

[hifiguy]

6. Rumsfeld should be in prison

for the rest of his life.

[cyglet]

7. I'm suprised

he even subscribed to it in the first place.

[barbtries]

8. if all he suffers is the occasional bad press

he has not suffered nearly enough for his crimes.

[The Wielding Truth]

9. Who wants a torturer as a subscriber?

[underpants]

10. Greg Sargent completely back Krugman up, with FACTS.... which is nice

But is it really a controversial assertion to say that conservatives seized on the intense focus on terrorism as a major national issue in the wake of 9/11 in order to gain political advantage?

Here’s Karl Rove in the runup to the 2002 midterm elections (via Nexis):

President Bush’s top political adviser said today that Republicans will make the president’s handling of the war on terrorism the centerpiece of their strategy to win back the Senate and keep control of the House in this year’s midterm elections.
“We can go to the country on this issue because they trust the Republican Party to do a better job of protecting and strengthening America’s military might and thereby protecting America,” Karl Rove said at the Republican National Committee meeting here.


Sargent goes on to quote Rudy (to Bernie Kerik :rofl: ) about thanking God that George W. Bush was President on 9/11 and Sargent cites McCain campaign adviser Chearles Black hoping for an attack.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/about-that-paul-krugman-allegation-of-911-shame/2011/03/03/gIQAdwBMNK_blog.html

[marmar]

11. War criminals sure can whine.

nt

[grasswire]

12. Gee, in the old days he probably would have sent a drone to take Krugman out.

It sucks to be out of power.

[Zoeisright]

13. He's still alive?

I've really enjoyed not reading or hearing that repugnant name for a long time.

[lunatica]

14. Pouty, pouty lil baby rummy.

Wha!!! Krugman is picking on me!!

[MilesColtrane]

15. No NYT crossword, Rummy?

How are you going to kill time at those ODESSA meetings now?

[southernyankeebelle]

16. Krugman must of hit a nerve. Way to go, finally someone sounded the right punch.

[okieinpain]

17. "The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned;"

" it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it."

I didn't know that. I'm quite proud of some american during that tragedy. the people on that plane that fought to regain control the people who worked at ground zero, and there are a million more.

and of course some used it to their advantaged but there is always the drunk relative at a funeral.

[Generic Other]

18. He should challenge Krugman to duel next!

Is he having a senior moment? Is there no responsible younger Rumsfeld family member to step in?

[Supersedeas]

19. No reason to cancel during the Bush years; Judith Miller was writing Rummy's puff pieces

[Robb]

20. Delighted he's reduced to this.

[NRaleighLiberal]

21. And even at Mother Jones, the left wing eats itself....check this out.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/09/paul-krugman-9-11?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Motherjones%2Fmojoblog+%28MotherJones.com+|+MoJoBlog%29

[hunter]

22. Satan is sending Rumsfeld a complimentery issue of "Going to Hell"

Informative articles like:

"Some things we'll do to you when you get here."

"Deep fried or baked?"

"Visiting the Hitler Suite."

"Surviving waterboarding for all eternity."

"The cluster bomb baths."

"Feeding the fish with Osama bin Laden."

"Hanging around with Saddam Hussein."

...

[mulsh]

23. Rumsfeld and the other neocons should never be allowed a

moments peace in public. I thought this was a very good start

protesters at Rumsfeld's suburban house. and no I don't feel any sympathy for his family.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AphT6r6xBgU

[polly7]

25. The biggest bullies whine the loudest. F.U. Rummy, you lying, torturing cry-baby. nt.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

26. That Dixie Chicks tactic doesn't work anymore

If Rumsfeld is pissed, Krugman must be doing something right

[chillspike]

28. Oh great, less reading. Now he'll be even dumber than before. (nt)