Blizzard of Lies [PMS: Palin Maddness Syndrom]

nyt ^ | 9/12/08 | PAUL KRUGMAN

[mathprof]

Did you hear about how Barack Obama wants to have sex education in kindergarten, and called Sarah Palin a pig? Did you hear about how Ms. Palin told Congress, “Thanks, but no thanks” when it wanted to buy Alaska a Bridge to Nowhere?

These stories have two things in common: they’re all claims recently made by the McCain campaign — and they’re all out-and-out lies.

Dishonesty is nothing new in politics. I spent much of 2000 — my first year at The Times — trying to alert readers to the blatant dishonesty of the Bush campaign’s claims about taxes, spending and Social Security.

But I can’t think of any precedent, at least in America, for the blizzard of lies since the Republican convention. The Bush campaign’s lies in 2000 were artful — you needed some grasp of arithmetic to realize that you were being conned. This year, however, the McCain campaign keeps making assertions that anyone with an Internet connection can disprove in a minute, and repeating these assertions over and over again.

[mathprof]

Bush derangement syndrome is being replaced by PMS--Palin Derangement Syndrome. I hope the CDC is working on a cure. This man needs help.

[ontap]

Why are we posting Paul Krugman’s liberal rants? Does any one believe he is in the least bit relevant?

[EagleUSA]

Let’s see....lies have been replaced with lies, then those lying, keep lying about the new lies....then the next batch of lies comes along...then they start lying all over again......ain’t criminal liberalism beautiful???

[popdonnelly]

Okay for people to lie about Palin, though. Paul, Paul, Paul. How far you have fallen.

[kimmie7]

Where’s the barf alert??? That’s a triple-bagger.

Rules, people, Rules!!

[popdonnelly]

Perhaps Paul is upset because few believe the lies about Palin.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Did you hear about how Barack Obama wants to have sex education in kindergarten...?

they’re all claims recently made by the McCain campaign — and they’re all out-and-out lies.

So Barack's voting record and the soundbites are all figments of our imagination? Sure, buddy. I have no idea about Hussein calling Palin a pig but voting for sex ed in kindergarten is verifiable. He's on tape supporting it and it's part of the voting record.

[snowrip]

The NYT hasn’t been concerned with or relevent to rational discourse (or even reality, for that matter) for years.

[Paladin2]

Paul, this is just a trashy rehash of the truth trashed by ‘rats using hash. Can’t you just move on?

[avacado]

It’s okay. Let the NYTs keep these things on the national front page. They are doing us a favor. Come November 4th we get one of life’s greatests joys: WATCHING LIBERALS CRY IN DEFEAT.

[svcw]

The comments congratulating him on such a fine and fair opinion piece are hysterical. The people who agree with him are complete and total idiots. I am sorry to insult idiots.

[stylin19a]

Krugman was way better when he sat behind the NYT the “subscription” wall.

Then, we never got to hear from him.

Oh for the good old days.

[Once-Ler]

Did you hear about how Barack Obama wants to have sex education in kindergarten, and called Sarah Palin a pig? Did you hear about how Ms. Palin told Congress, “Thanks, but no thanks” when it wanted to buy Alaska a Bridge to Nowhere?

Sure did. Multiple times thanks to all the money McCain must have to run ads.

[Bon mots]

All stops have been pulled out in shilling for their messiah.

[Maceman]

How far you have fallen.

He hasn't fallen at all. He has always been the pond scum that pond scum wipes of its shoes.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I would call them animals, but why give animals a bad rap?

[Savage Beast]

If anybody knows how to deal with a blizzard and a pack of wolves--it's the Governor of Alaska!

[Yogafist]

“I spent much of 2000 — my first year at The Times — trying to alert readers to the blatant dishonesty of the Bush campaign’s claims”

Shouldn’t that be, I spent much of 2000 - my first year at The Times - campaigning for Algore?

[FlipWilson]

Pretty bold claims from a man who has an entire truth squad that constantly squashes just about everything he writes.

[andy58-in-nh]

Many liberals, of which Krugman is a good example as any, are no longer capable of distinguishing between the real world and the Alternative Universe Fantasy World they have created in order to explain away the abject failure of their socialist ideal.

They now interpret each and very news event through a shared prism of unreality, which bends light and truth into an array of colors and shapes more pleasing to their eyes and recognizable to what is left of their minds.

I believe the operative word for this condition is "delusional".