As regular readers know, the game is all about forcing Krugman to admit publicly that he lied in his August 19 Times column when he declared the simple truth: “Al Gore won the 2000 presidential election.” Two different news media consortiums reviewed Florida’s ballots; both found that a full manual recount would have given the election to Mr. Gore. In truth, the media recounts, which looked at what would have happened if the Florida supreme court’s recount order had not been derailed by the U.S. Supreme Court, would have confirmed the win by George W. Bush under almost all recount...