Several points I'd like to make -
(1) We all remember Hillary Clinton's "What. Difference. Does. It. Make" pounding the table moment, which Krugman described as 'grace and even humor under pressure'
(2) In Krugman's opinion, "Clinton missteps" were minor details or created out of thin air, and blown way out of proportion by a hostile media.
(3) Krugman was hopeful that Hillary Clinton's first debate performance would finally persuade the undecided and Sanders holdouts to buoy Clinton's poll numbers (But we saw the undecided breaking more Trump than Clinton). If all else failed, my prediction is that Krugman (and others like him) will become more hysterical and calling all of us Trump Deplorables even more degrading names. Less intelligent, less educated, less well-to-do, less ..., less .... etc.
(4) If you are interested, read this (How Donald Trump Set Off a Civil War Within the Right-Wing Media) It tells me that 'rightwing' "intelligentsia" (personified by, in this case, George Wills) shouldn't 'lead' any conservative movement. Even though the article is more sympathetic to Erick Erickson. BTW, did you know Erickson wrote "Reconsidering My Opposition to Trump" on 9/20/2016? Nobody cared or cares.
She is literally a corrupt banana republic dictator in waiting and they think she is awesome. She has been under investigation for 50 different crimes but at least she released her taxes!
Mr. Krugman is about to have a Pauline Kael moment on Nov 9
So any support for Trump is automatically racist, just as any attack of Obama's policies are also racist.
Do these people ever tire of playing the race card?
We have to go back to Teddy R to understand Trump’s appeal. The “Rough Riders” were a notorious gang of thugs (by some accounts, noteably, the Krugmans of the time) that stood unabashedly for Wild West Americanism, not hothouse, prissy elitism.
Couple this with a growing realization among the electorate that those in charge are moving the nation into the hands of a global autocracy.
Trump stands astride the core of the American Spirit. He is the Hero, warts and all, who promises to bring us back to a time when men were men and ladies were, uh, ladies and Americans were committed to their Constitution.
I think Krugman should make all kinds of Ads “FOR” Hillary. He is an A$$hole who is a known liar and Dem Operative. He has helped ruin this country’s financial position by using false theories and promoting them. Let him talk. It can only help Trump.
Got close and has stayed close...it will be interesting to watch when Trump ends up with a significant percent of the minority vote.
Another man with a love for HIS country, soundly criticized by the rest of the world because he just kills drug dealers ... is an example of the fire Americans feel in the pit of their bellies, too many not even acknowledging that fire, but it's there.
For Duterte it's drugs and for Trump it's the government sponsored and assisted infiltration of illegal enemies into our beautiful nation.
If you ever get a chance to hear a Duterte speech, you'd be impressed, he speaks mostly in English, even to his people.
Is he actually blaming a hostile media for attacking Clinton unfairly? How out of touch is this lunatic? She was never really in a dominant position because Trump is a movement candidate. He upends the established assumptions. The polls are only starting to reflect the reality that has been there almost the whole time.
Hillary didn’t get gored. She just happens to be like Gore. Actually she is much worse.
I still remember Gore’s lockbox line from the debate. No memorable lines from Hillary. She failed to present a vision and just reacted to Trump the whole time.
That statement is a whole pasture of bullshit. It ranks right up there with Comey saying that he and the FBI are honest people. It cannot be considered to be a lie, because a lie has some believable aspects to it. Therefore it gets classified as pure unadulterated bull shit.
Here you go, Paul. Stay comfortable, while attending your mistress:
In an earlier age, I picture a clueless twit like Krugman in a tumbrel wondering how the peasants be so unappreciative.
I want some of those drugs the NYT writer was on.
Keep that idiot away from anything requiring greater than a grade school knowledge.
My question for anyone: What is the current estimate of the Paul Krugman IQ?
My best guess is somewhere in the min-80’s. Maybe as high as 87.
I talked to my 13 year old granddaughter yesterday, and asked her who all the kids were supporting. I was surprised when she said everyone she knew was supporting Trump. When I asked her why, she said “Hillary is a liar, lies all the time, and Trump loves America.”
I’m amazed by how many people make their choice for president based on how has the most or best debate zingers.
It is going to be so much fun to watch these folks flail and rage when they aren’t running the country.
Hillary likeable? Krugman must be on some heavy meds!