Rumsfeld on Cancelling NYT: What Krugman Said Was 'So Repulsive and Repugnant' I Had Enough
Former Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld has had a subcription to the New York Times for roughly 60 years.
As he told radio host Joe "Pags" Pagliarulo Tuesday, he cancelled it as a result of Paul Krugman's "repulsive and repugnant" blog posting on 9/11 (video follows with transcript and commentary):
JOE ‘PAGS’ PAGLIARULO, RADIO HOST: Sunday, Paul Krugman of the New York Times. This guy, who I’ve got no respect for, never have, but because of our freedoms and liberties here in the United States is allowed to say vile and disgusting things. You made a personal reaction to what he had to say on 9/11.
DONALD RUMSFELD, FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: I did. I, I read what he said and found it so repulsive and repugnant and untrue that I just decided that I’d had enough of the New York Times. You know, you’re right, everyone can say anything they wish, and they do, and that’s fine. It’s a wonderful aspect of our great country. But we don’t have to buy the newspapers that promote that kind of terrible, terrible, terrible thoughts.
PAGS: As he’s got the freedom to write it, you’ve got the freedom to choose whether you want to read it.
RUMSFELD: Exactly, and I made my choice and cancelled my subscription here at the office, and I’ve already cancelled my subscription at home. So, it’s, it’s over. I started reading the New York Times when I went to college, and would read the Sunday New York Times back in the 1950s, and it’s been a long run, but it’s over.
As people are likely aware, Rumsfeld announced this via Twitter Monday:
Makes you wonder how many other people cancelled their subscriptions as a result of Krugman's comments.
The folks at the Times must be so proud.
(H/T RCP)
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Just took time
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 2:36pm.
Well this just shows how much more tolerant than I Rumsfeld is.
I stopped reading years ago.
aviary
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 2:44pm.
perhaps Rumsfeld collects birds.
Will the Times have the sense
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 2:46pm.
to show Krugman the door?
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Show him the door?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 3:49pm.
He wouldn't recognize it if they did.
I do hope that they pad his office, however.
I suspect they view offending Rumsfeld as a success
Submitted by Rover on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 7:16pm.
I strongly suspect that the NY Times considers offending someone like Rumsfeld to be a positive thing.
I imagine Krugman walking back into the office to a surprise party in his honor, with a "Mission Accomplished" banner in the background.
After all they've been through, I can only conclude that the Times doesn't care about their subscriptions going away. They'll continue printing "all the news that fits" until they have to close their doors, then retire feeling that they've accomplished something. Yeah, they managed to destroy a major newspaper.
That reminds me of the idiot former governor of New York...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 7:42pm.
(The black blind guy) who said in reaction to Rush Limbaugh moving to Florida in order to avoid state income taxes said: "If had known he was going to move because of high taxes, I would have raised them sooner."
Fish Wrap
Submitted by Joe W. on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 2:50pm.
Heck, I wouldn't even wrap dead fish in that paper.
NYTimes
Submitted by Morganfrost on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 2:54pm.
If they keep hemorrhaging subscribers at this rate, they're going to need a bailout.
The New York Slimes
Submitted by ohio granny on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 3:00pm.
All the news that is unfit to print. That is the New York Slimes.
NYT
Submitted by conant on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 3:52pm.
I have to admit to buying the NYT when I'm trying to housebreak two puppies at once
I read that blog.I read some
Submitted by Karcarius on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 4:22pm.
I read that blog.I read some of the comments by the liberals on that blog.Man,these people are about 14 miles out in "left" field.I can see where that expression comes from.
Does Krugman do this type thing-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 4:40pm.
for ratings?
He can not believe the S H I T he writes. If he does he needs to be probated.
My guess is since God endowed Krugman with such an...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 5:42pm.
ugly face that Krugman decided early on, when he became a newspaper columnist, to match his words with his face. He succeeded!
Now
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 4:46pm.
i hope Rumsfeld and all other Conservatives cancel any and all interviews with BSNBC
Why would he even SUBSCRIBE to that rag sheet?
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 6:48pm.
I stopped glancing at it when they were 24/7 on their anti-Iraq War diatribes! I wouldnt even keep my old basement stuff still wrapped up in that crap!
I'm one ahead of Rumsfeld. I have never subscribed to...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 7:45pm.
the NY Times in the first place. In fact, I have never read the NY Times. In fact, I have never even touched the NY Times.
In a way, my last statement is not entirely true. I have read the NY Times via ABCCBSNBCMSNBCCNN and sometimes HLN and CNBC (since these enterprises often follow the lead of the NY Times).
In addition, I subscribe to another enterprise that follows the lead of the NY Times: The LA Times.
Kurmudgeon is trying to help the economy...
Submitted by USMC8411 on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 7:39pm.
and his hero o'bama by making the NYT hire more retards in the sales office should anyone be unfortunate enough to pick up the subscription robo-call...
Took Rummy a while to find out what we all knew for years...
Hey jawe... You can be forgiven. Give up the subscriptions and all will be right with the world...
What was Rumsfeld doing with
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 8:35pm.
What was Rumsfeld doing with a NYT subscription in the first place? The garbage the liberal media craps out of its mouth is almost treasonous.
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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. -James Madisonwhat was he doing subscibing to the Times?
Submitted by lrgon on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 5:52pm.
He likes the NYT would be my guess. He does have a right ot subscribe to whatever publication he wishes. Are you saying that people only read it so that they can agree with it? Some people read it so that they can report what the other the "other side" has to say.
Military master tacticion Sun Tzu said to know your enemy is a vital part of the winning strategy.
There are plenty of ways to
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 1:04am.
There are plenty of ways to learn what liberals are up to without supporting the gray lady. Liberals have dominated the media for decades, there's nothing wrong with breaking down the monopoly. I'm glad Rumsfeld figured it out.
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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. -James MadisonWhat's truly remarkable is that...
Submitted by stage9 on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 8:47pm.
IT TOOK HIM THIS LONG TO CANCEL!
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
I'd like to see that cancellation email
Submitted by lrgon on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 3:24pm.
The New York Times is the newspaper of record right after the major establishment journal Foreign Affairs which Krugman has penned articles for.>>>This is titled {Is Capitslism Too Productive?} http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/53393/paul-krugman/is-capitalism-...
This Foreign Affairs' article dealt with how to use the military utilzing new technology. Rumsfeld chose these words to make his case for disarming America's nuclear stockpile: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/58020/donald-h-rumsfeld/transform...
"How will the United States defend itself against the unknown, the unseen, and the unexpected ...reduced nuclear forces"
Paul Krugman, a CFR member, has written numerous articles for Foreign Affairs magazine, the official publication of the Council on Foreign Relations, an organization that both gentlemen contribute articles to.
Krugman's NYT piece: "The atrocity should have been a unifying event, ...the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons."
If Krugman hates war so much then why is he a member of an organization (he writes for its official organ -Foreign Affairs) that promotes war? It's the same publication that Donald Rumsfeld has also contributed at least one article on regarding the role of a 21st century US military in which he advocates reducing nuclear weapons.
Hooray for Rummy! I only hope other people who...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 5:34pm.
call themselves Republicans, do the same. The NY Times can not survive with a liberal only subscriber base even in New York. I venture to guess that there are not that many Liberals who are willing to shell out the money it takes to subscribe. They'd rather spend their money on porn.