The Nobel hasn't conferred any classiness on Paul Krugman. Dancing on the GOP's grave this morning in his NYT column, the newly-minted laureate impugns the party of Lincoln as "a haven for racists and reactionaries."According to Krugman [file photo], tomorrow's election will purge the Republican congressional delegation of some of its more moderate members, leaving it even more "extreme."
The only evidence Krugman adduces in support of his Republican-are-racists slur is that GOP Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia "observing large-scale early voting by African-Americans, warns his supporters that 'the other folks are voting.'” Where's the racism, given that 90+% of African-Americans are expected to vote for Obama and presumably for Chambliss's Dem opponent?
View video after the jump of Joe Scarborough on today's Morning Joe ripping Krugman as a "shrill, silly, partisan cartoon-character" who takes his cues from the left-wing kookasphere.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: He has accused the Republican party of being racists. This is a shrill, silly, partisan cartoon-character--seriously, he is--and he is not a serious thinker. He has thought patterns --
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Didn't he win the Nobel Peace Prize?
SCARBOROUGH: He did, that's why I'm saying this. He has thought patterns that are lifted directly from the most extreme elements of the blogosphere. He engages in hyperbole, exaggeration, what I would consider to be hate speech. And he has been rewarded, Mike Barnicle, a Nobel Prize.
MIKE BARNICLE: That's for economics.
Good point. The Peace Prize is reserved for truly deep thinkers. Like Al Gore.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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Pot...
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 11:31 ET by Wildcatter1980...Kettle.
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Ignorance, our most costly commodity - paraphrased from Rush Limbaugh
There is probably
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 11:33 ET by 10ksnookerA zero percent chance the media survives this election.
Yeah Obama Trolls are everywhere but they are so cute....
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 11:36 ET by lareeKrugman I got talking points issued to me, vote Apathy America:)
But Obama Trolls are so cute look at their photo.
http://rightwingchicky.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/so-the-goal-is-to-create-apathy/
The Backlash might not be Pretty Gird Your Loins;)
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 12:17 ET by lareeThis is a pretty funny cartoon, and speaks to how I feel about this election...note to the Major Political Partys don't do this again.
http://sarah-palin-2008.blogspot.com/2008/11/longest-presidential-campai...
Calling Dr Freud
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 11:42 ET by BondPlainBondPaul Krugman is displaying the classic psychological symptoms of projection and transferrance.
Like Obama, if you don't like what your opponent says, accuse your opponent of being a racist and a reactionary.
Racist
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 12:05 ET by MaytagI still do not understand why 90% plus of blacks can vote obama and that is not racist???? But if a white does not vote for him it is only about race.
If this is the new definition of the word....
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 12:19 ET by szampLiberals like to re-define words and if the new definition of the word sudenly looses any connection to the color of someone's skin and it becomes just a political preference definition.
If racist now means only "Someone who disagrees, criticizes or dares question The Grand Master Obama", then I wouldn't find a problem being labeled this way.
I would feel proud.
Inner Strength
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 12:37 ET by melpolhttp://www.associatedcontent.com/melpol
Those that call themselves patriotic Americans and harbor racist views will have a headache when the nation gets its first black president. It is a contradiction to call yourself patriotic when you dislike the skin color of the president . The only mental relief for them would be to enter a reorientation clinic to learn what it means to be an American.
African American fashions and music will become the rage with the new presidency. Some are calling it the second civil rights movement and the end of racism. Old racial prejudices might remain in the hearts of the ignorant. But they will be eliminated as they accept the reality that the first lady in America and her family is black. Racial integration will take on a new meaning as it becomes fashionable to have a black lover or friend. These events will be good news to a world that has been suffering over racial division for centuries.
Melpol
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 12:56 ET by ahusserKumbayah, Id like to buy the world a coke. Usher in the Utopia, The age of Aquarius is back. What BS melpol. I voted for a black governor twice, and black Senator twice. But since I live in a People's Republic they weren't elected stuff happens. So don't think that racism is only represented by the Republican Party. I would submit that many blacks are blatantly racist and they overwhelmingly belong to the Democratic Party. But being racist against whites is for some strange reason OK. Have fun the next four years we are in for a ride.
"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox
melpol
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:02 ET by BlondeSpamming is not allowed here, and we've seen that particular post of yours before.
Ignore the troll, my NB pals, or merely post a "Three Bags Full" (Old Free S. lingo for "quit your bloody trolling, fool!).
In his own words (19 seconds): This man is qualified to be VP?
Blonde - it really disgusts
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:17 ET by Jack BauerBlonde - it really disgusts me when braindead jerks like this bozo make the vile calumny that conservatives are only against Barack Obama because he's black.
Good call.
Jack...thanks for the word
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:19 ET by LionKingWord of the Day: calumny
I like it.
LK -- glad to word help. The
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:36 ET by Jack BauerLK -- glad to word help.
The only politicians I oppose based on color are SOCIALISTS. And that color is RED.
Besides isn't Senaor Obama A-Freak-American?
LOL-I think Jack is trying to wean us off speaking American...
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:44 ET by R D Helm...by teaching us proper English.
:-)
-Dave
The MSM is the 21st Century version of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Thanks, Jack
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:20 ET by BlondeMel is merely another Bot....spamming the boards with the same ole same old.
Remember docb with the "McCain wet start" lie, posted over and over? ZAP!
This one will go down shortly for the repeated posting of talking points.
I do miss Free's old "3 Bags", though....time to resurrect it, methinks.
In his own words (19 seconds): This man is qualified to be VP?
mel, you are a pole.
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:06 ET by R D Helm-Dave
The MSM is the 21st Century version of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
melpol...just who here is racist?
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:34 ET by vrwc13Race
White
39% obama
51% McCain
10% other
Black/Hispanic
81% obama
8% McCain
11% other
Black/Hisp
Black
91% obama
0%- McCain
9% other
Hispanic
55% obama
29% McCain
16% other
...from IBD/TIPP Tracking Poll
v
Mel
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:36 ET by misterbillYou seem to be entering melopause. Do you get hot flashes when you see "The One"????
I have changed my mind and gladly accept the sobriquet of "racist". I will no longer fight it. It is a waste when I read posts such as yours and realize that you are out of touch with reality and possibly yourself.
I have no old racial prejudices. Just some new ones sown by the likes of a bootlicker like you.
PS I think it's time for America to have an Italian president.
misterbill, melopause?
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:41 ET by R D HelmLOL!
Nice to see ya in here once again, BTW.
This place just isn't the same without you being around.
-Dave
The MSM is the 21st Century version of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Dave---melopause
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:57 ET by misterbillMelopause-- is in the Farsi dictionary. It is a neurological disease brought on by the ingestion of shoe polish. It tends to short circuit the brain and physically causes the spinal cord to project in the lower anatomy and out the rear. It resembles a caudal appendage.
Quite like the effect mecury had on the hat making industry, (mad hatters), so too has the ingredients in shoe polish affected the minds of professional bootlickers.
Cognition is the first victim in the mind. Reasoning ability deteriorates and shortly complete insanity sets in. Still under study is how the different colors of polish affect the unfortunate. Generally, black shoe polish creates a strong desire to have an African leader, whereas preliminary studies indicate that brown polish creates a craving for amnesty.
The study is still underway in Melopolis.
Are you expecting the new president....
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 17:37 ET by szampmelpol,
Are you expecting that if BHO wins, he will force black culture on everybody and we will all just assimilate everything with open arms? Just because we he is black?
LOL.
If we ever get a latino president, can I assume that I'll suddenly start to like Mexican food and from nowhere learn to dance the salsa like a pro just because the president is a latino?
LOL again.
That tells me something about BHO supporters. They won't be happy after all their dreams don't come true even if BHO becomes president. The only difference is that they won't be able to use the race card again to play victims. The only thing they will be able to do is to say "If you don't stop, I will tell daddy BHO".
Just so I understand
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 19:57 ET by panzerakc"Racial integration will take on a new meaning as it becomes fashionable to have a black lover or friend."
So in this new world, no one would have a friend or lover who happens to be black, someone that you would enjoy sharing time with, who makes you happy, someone that you would want in your life . . . .
They would just be in your life because it would be "fashionable"?
Just think of the wonderful
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 12:55 ET by d1carterJust think of the wonderful education that the Princeton students are getting from this deranged sick little man...
Somewhere, someone said they
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:19 ET by SeashellSomewhere, someone said they were opening a chat-anyone know the link?
I am not a republican, but
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:23 ET by R D HelmI am not a republican, but it does not matter because I know this mindless idiot was referring to conservatives in general.
I am beyond fed-up with being accused of racism simply because I refuse to check my principles at the door and vote for comrade Obama.
...'the other folks are voting.'”
That statement is racist????
Krugman can bite me.
-Dave
The MSM is the 21st Century version of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Come on, R.D.
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:29 ET by BlondeDidn't you see Ben Affleck do Obie the other day?
Olbie clearly and cogently (bawahahahah) stated "folks" is racist.
So yeah, "folks" is now racist in the new libspeak paradigm.
Better start packing for the reeducation camps, fella.
In his own words (19 seconds): This man is qualified to be VP?
J,
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:38 ET by R D HelmYeah, I saw it. LOL.
So, I wonder exactly which reeducation vacation plantation Krugman is going to be placed in charge of once Herr Obamafuhrer is installed as our Most-High, Exalted Ruler of the Universe for Life?
I most definitely don't want to wind up in that one.
-Dave
The MSM is the 21st Century version of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda