Paul Krugman Whines: ‘Where Have All the Grown-ups Gone?’

NewsBusters ^ | 12/9/2021 | Joseph Vazquez

[JV3MRC]

New York Times economist Paul Krugman is the last person who should be complaining about the disappearance of maturity in today’s politics.

Krugman exploited the death of former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) to pontificate how “his life story also reminds us of a time when public figures were supposed to show some sense of responsibility — to possess basic decency, to admit to mistakes when they made them, even to put their lives on the line in time of war.” Krugman has some nerve lecturing about “basic decency.” He just recently spewed that American, white working-class voters “‘want their racial hostility served raw.’” Also, Krugman launched bile at U.S. Senate candidate for Ohio JD Vance and accused him of promoting “the need for more white Christians.” But that’s not all. In April 2020, Krugman bleated nonsense that there was a “a long, close association between right-wing activism and medical quackery.” But Krugman had the audacity to say, “At this point there are no grown-ups left on one side of the political aisle,” in his Dec. 7 New York Times column, referring to conservatives. Perhaps he should look in the mirror.

Krugman tweeted an insane article in 2020, from left-wing outlet Vox headlined, “A disturbing new study suggests Sean Hannity’s show helped spread the coronavirus.” He captioned it with a disgusting screed against the Fox News host: “Blood on his hands, or actually his mouth.”

[ClearCase_guy]

It’s been true for decades: as far as the Democrats are concerned — “The only good Republican, is a dead Republican.”

[allendale]

Krugman often goes off his meds.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Krugman went full retard 30 years ago. He is Maureen Dowd without the personality. I said Maureen Dowd.... Showtime.

[realcleanguy]

The day Krugman dies is the day journalism improves in the USA

[Texaspeptoman]

They finally gave Rhett’s (Clark Gable) final answer you little twit. (A different t word is more appropriate!)

[the OlLine Rebel]

Oh please. Dems are the epitome of slander.

All my life, the common epithet is “NAZI”. (No, it did not start with Trump as some here would have us believe.)

[bk1000]

Ask and ye shall receive...

[x]

The "grown-ups" were there because we had important tasks to achieve -- beating the Germans and the Japanese, countering Soviet moves, building post-war prosperity, and even putting a man on the moon. The country agreed about those goals and it was a matter of finding the right way to achieve them. So we got men (and yes, they were almost all men) with experience in other fields to achieve them.

Now we don't have agreement about common goals. People who get in power tend to want to implement their ideology, rather than achieve some clear, agreed-upon national objective. In contrast to the days of the "grown-ups" the whole system has become unserious and detached from fundamental necessities. So if you go to the businesses and colleges and institutions that gave us yesterday's "wise men" the people you get really aren't worth much, since they've spent their time pursuing illusory objectives.

That, and everybody back then went through the war and didn't have much tolerance for BS.

[GOPJ]

When Dole was running for office libs hated him...

[Belteshazzar]

Dear Paul, all the people you hang out with ARE the children.
Which, of course, makes you the little boy on the playground crying because his “friends” are so mean and the game isn’t fun anymore.

Impeach 46, and the party he rode in on.

[sauropod]

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[sauropod]

The same University that employs Eddie Glaude employs him.

[Little Ray]

I am glad Americans are still armed.
The hatred spewed against white Americans is chilling.

[Little Ray]

She is definitely a grown up!

[FormerFRLurker]

Good post. In the absence of a common enemy the people will turn on themselves.

[SaxxonWoods]

‘Where Have All the Grown-ups Gone?’

They are independents now.

[Vaduz]

Sounds like a clear case of TDS.

[MortMan]

Florida. lol

[SunkenCiv]

Krugman tweeted an insane article in 2020, from left-wing outlet Vox headlined, “A disturbing new study suggests Sean Hannity’s show helped spread the coronavirus.” He captioned it with a disgusting screed against the Fox News host: “Blood on his hands, or actually his mouth.”