Scarborough Rips Krugman: 'Blind Ideologue' Only Bloggers 'Still Living' in 'Mom's Basement' Care About
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Friday took some well-deserved shots at New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.
After "Morning Joe's" Mika Brzezinski read bits of Krugman's most recent rant against "Republican extremism," her co-host responded, "If you’re a blogger, and you’re still living in your mom’s basement, and you got Cheetos all over the keyboard, you type in your underwear...you look at Paul Krugman and you think, 'He is my hero'” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Alright, “The Centrist Cop-out,” Paul Krugman, New York Times:
Many pundits view taking a position in the middle of the political spectrum as a virtue in itself. I don't. Wisdom doesn't necessarily reside in the middle of the road, and I want leaders who do the right thing, not the centrist thing…[M] aking nebulous calls for centrism, like writing news reports that always place equal blame on both parties, is a big cop-out -- a cop-out that only encourages more bad behavior. The problem with American politics right now is Republican extremism, and if you're not willing to say that, you're helping make that problem worse.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: What a shock. I am shocked…
BRZEZINSKI: It’s exactly right. Seriously.
SCARBOROUGH: …Paul Krugman would write that editorial.
BRZEZINSKI: Alright, instead of going there.
STEVEN RATTNER: In this case, there is a scintilla of truth to that.
SCARBOROUGH: Well…
BRZEZINSKI: Come on now.
SCARBOROUGH: …you write the same column for a decade…
RATTNER: A stopped clock is right, I’ve heard that.
BRZEZINSKI: Joe, this is not about Paul.
SCARBOROUGH: If you write the same column for a decade and blame everything including earthquakes halfway across the world on Republican extremism, at some point, somebody could look at an op-ed and go, “Eh. Perhaps there’s a seed of truth to that.”
BRZEZINSKI: Okay. Alright. Make it, it was anonymous. Now just the words. Don’t you agree?
SCARBOROUGH: Eh. It’s Paul Krugman.
[Laughter]
SCARBOROUGH: No, he really, he has, he’s a very – we talked about this before – he’s a very smart man, Mike Barnicle…
BRZEZINSKI: Of course.
SCARBOROUGH: …but…
MIKE BARNICLE: Faculty lounge.
SCARBOROUGH: …but he’s…
BRZEZINSKI: Oh, you boys are…
BARNICLE: It’s faculty lounge.
SCARBOROUGH: He’s written the same column for a decade.
BARNICLE: He’s extremely smart. He’s extremely influential, and he knows far more about economics than I will ever know. Faculty lounge!
SCARBOROUGH: Let me just say, he is influential because if you’re a blogger, and you’re still living in your mom’s basement, and you got Cheetos all over the keyboard, you type in your underwear, unlike Alex Trebek, then yes…
BRZEZINSKI: No underwear for Alex.
SCARBOROUGH: …you look at Paul Krugman and you think, “He is my hero,” because he is like a lot of bloggers on the left and the right a blind ideologue.
Interesting that even the perilously liberal Mike Barnicle thinks Krugman's tripe is the kind of stuff one would hear in a school's faculty lounge.
Which raises the question: why is this man taken seriously by anyone other than bloggers typing in their underwear in mom's basement?
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There are way too many things in this brief segment
Submitted by bkeyser on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:16am.
to comment upon. Noel, this is three, maybe four posts! LOL
DID you hear mika say... You BOYS...
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:21am.
Those dismissive words disqualify anything she says after that!!!
Wow! What amazing analysis
Submitted by Free Stinker on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:21am.
Wow! What amazing analysis Joe ! /sarcasm off
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Really, can't imagine for a
Submitted by bmac32 on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:22am.
Really, can't imagine for a minute that Paul Krugman is anyone's hero. In fact I can't imagine Krugman still has a job with all the foolish statements that roll out of his mouth.
A man's gotta do...
Submitted by Rackie on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:27am.
To those willing to dig through the poo pile that is the Left, this disclaimer - there is no pony.
Oh, shoe on other foot. . (Krugman's only got one, btw)
Submitted by Gary Hall on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:29am.
And if some well known and "smart" conservative writer had said:
Of course, the left wing extremists, i.e., our national MSM, can't see themselves in the mirror. Why would anyone expect them to write about the real reasons that are making the problems worse - themselves?
(;~> gary
Joe must have lived in Austin, Texas!!
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:29am.
He is describing almost half of the usual liberal suspects who attend all of the various protests around University of Texas from time to time. Funny how their militancy ends when mommy calls them up for dinner.
Bloggers
Submitted by elf1024 on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:02pm.
Say what you want about bloggers, but we put on our big boy pants and go out and VOTE in all the elections. Piss us off at your own peril.
You mean you drive yourself
Submitted by poseA on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 2:01pm.
You mean you drive yourself to the polls and vote all by yourselves?
Is that some sort of accomplishment in your opinion?
PS
It's better to be pissed off than pissed on... Nancy.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/07/29/scarborough-rips-k...
Krugman has been a hack for
Submitted by rbosque on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:12pm.
Krugman has been a hack for years. I got frustrated in college when my econ professors would quote this guy, my stomache would just turn....
Sounds like the Barnacle
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 1:51pm.
Sounds like the Barnacle admitted to being an idiot...........
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Submitted by poseA on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 1:57pm.
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Good for Scarborough telling it like it is
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 2:36pm.
His description of Krugman's circle is outstanding.
For years-----
Submitted by milootoole on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 2:58pm.
For years--- I was puzzled that anyone would accept what Krugman had to say or wrote as being sound and sensible. I thought--"Gee there is something wrong about those who question Krugman's words why--he has a Nobel".
Then along came Al Gore and told us the earth was melting and hordes of people jumped on his band wagon, helped him to pocket $400 million with his, "let's make nature look like it's man's fault". and I realized, that most people are more comfortable with accepting inane thoughts from lettered people rather than becoming uncomfortable by having to think. No wonder some people still read Krugman.
He is further proof that common sense is needed as badly as many college degrees.
Krugman Is The One Who
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 5:02pm.
is in her basement eating her cheetos.
What a perfect analogy. This bearded clam hasn't said anything of value ever. Dirtbag libutard.
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To Motormouth
Submitted by Nick Shaw on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 12:47pm.
I'm sorry, Motor but, you're coming perilously close to what you descibe libtards as! LOL, somebody had to say it! And I'm on your side, dude!
Krugman is just plain
Submitted by amyshulk on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 5:40pm.
Krugman is just plain creepy!!! I've been "people watching" all my life and his body language reminds me of an abused dog - and I think he's amazed anyone takes what he says seriously!
Ronald Reagan
And,as I said the other day -
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 12:31am.
And,as I said the other day - he always has a subtle but crazed look in his eyes..........and his hair and beard only make him look even loonier!!! 'Creepy' is a pretty good word...........I think it's been used to describe Boy Barry too........
Here ya' go Killa*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 12:59am.
Just trying to jog your memory. Useful idiots all have that same deranged look in their eyes.
Well, we've seen Boy Barry
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 1:01pm.
Well, we've seen Boy Barry get that burning , petulant yet hateful look in his eyes when he doesn't get his way...............although he's not even in the same league as Lenin was -although the results of his destruction of our country may be.
killa
Submitted by amyshulk on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 2:02am.
I left out what else comes to mind - furtive; he's sly, sneaky, and underhanded.
Ronald Reagan
I was racking my little
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 12:57pm.
I was racking my little peabrain last night trying to come up with another adjective - I DID go to school, you know??? 'Furtive' is interesting...........I haven't heard that since about the last time I heard 'bucolic'........or 'fecund'....................hahahaha!!! And both of those words, which have normal definitions, sound like hell!!!
I think I was trying to come up with 'insidious'........................
killa
Submitted by amyshulk on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 5:10pm.
insidious - that's good too! It describes how destructive he is.
Thomas Sowell wrote about his type:
http://www.amazon.com/Intellectuals-Society-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0465025226/
I try really hard to NOT judge people by their appearance, but as I said, his body language was so odd...
Ronald Reagan
To Amy
Submitted by Nick Shaw on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 12:51pm.
Perfect word to describe Krugman, Amy! Furtive, like a weasel!
Joe missed his daily dose of Hopium
Submitted by Northlander on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 6:14pm.
Once again Joe slightly wandered off the reservation but never fear after a weekend of being force fed his Hopium by his MSNBC masters he'll be back on the reservation Monday,
The bigger question is who is dumber? Mika, Contessa or Kiran (formerly of CNN)?
Hmmm...the Hopium angle
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 6:25pm.
I guess that's why Joe was blasting Obama this morning and has been effusively praising the Repub freshmen the past couple of weeks. You don't watch Morning Joe very often, do you?
Jer
Joe the Blind Squirrel
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 6:34pm.
Even a blind squirrel will find an acorn ever so often.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
jer
Submitted by amyshulk on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 7:16pm.
"effusively praising" ??? I am behind again, since I find it irritating to be called names without foundation, but I'll have to check this out to see if he qualifies it with how much better he was/would be at this ;-P
Ronald Reagan
amy....did you listen to Scarborough's gushing praise of the Tea
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 8:46pm.
Party faction and their smashing victory over Obama on this morning's show? Just wondering. I know NB doesn't like to report things like that since it doesn't fit in with the "Joe the Lib/RINO echoing administration talking points" meme.
Jer
lol jer - you keep missing
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 9:02pm.
lol jer - you keep missing the point. I ask again - has Joe ever convinced YOU?
Would you consider the L's that go on FOX to be TRUE L's??? That's the issue. The bias. That's what NB reports on. If an L is cogent and persuasive, I'll hear him/her out. Most times they get looped in TP's so I don't, but on rare occasions, they make a valid point.
So no, I haven't watched it, nor the others I had on the DVR, since I got sick of being called a terrorist/extremist by the majority of the cast/guests. I'll probably stop DVR'ing it and stick to Bret Baier.
Ronald Reagan
Dont bother,
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 9:15pm.
Jer is on record, for not defending libs, or their policies, wylst claiming to be one. See being a lib means, you have these liberties.
Gosh, Boudin...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 1:55pm.
Do I have your permission to repeat those words every time I am accused by other posters--generally several times a week--of reflexively defending libs and their policies? BTW, your view of my record is the distinct minority position.
Now, if you are referring to my refusal to defend Malloy's insanity, Schultz's calling Laura Ingraham a slut, Maher's outrages, Behar's stupidity, and similar behavior--then THAT is a fair point.
Jer
amy...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 2:32pm.
dang it....my comment was lost as I tried to post it. I'll try again a little later.
Jer
Isn't that program on MSNBC? Speaking for myself, I have...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 1:46am.
never seen the show. I must admit though, I agree with what the guy is saying.about bug eyed Krugman. It's time somebody stated the obvious.
Bug eyed Krugman. As long as Democrats have guys like...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 1:37am.
Krugman on their side, Republicans have the advantage. Look who else they have: Wasserman-Schultz, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Janene Garafalo, Bill Maher, and on and on and on.
Everytime these people open their mouths, they are representing the Democratic party! Remember Alan Grayson?
On Fox News there is another Alan...Alan Colmes. What normal person would care to be on the same side as these jewels of humanity?
The best description of the corrupt Paul Krugman's character
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 6:00pm.
(or lack of) came recently from Donald Luskin, Chief Investment Officer for Trend Macrolytics LLC, and a frequent guest on CNBC's Kudlow & Company.
Mr. Luskin is co-author of I Am John Galt: Today's Heroic Innovators Building the World and the Villainous Parasites Destroying It. Paul Krugman is one of the villainous parasites described in the book.
Donald Luskinn spoke a few weeks ago about his book at FreedomFest 2011. It was televised on CSPAN. Here is the VIDEO. The description of Krugman as a "scheming dwarf", among other on-the-mark characterizations, begins on the video at 42:22.
Here is an Amazon.com VIDEO of Luskin briefly describing his book and villians like Krugman and Barney Frank.