Nobel winner Paul Krugman
Posted on 10/09/2014 11:24:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
When it comes to Barack Obama, I've always been out of sync. Back in 2008, when many liberals were wildly enthusiastic about his candidacy and his press was strongly favorable, I was skeptical. I worried that he was naive, that his talk about transcending the political divide was a dangerous illusion given the unyielding extremism of the modern American right. Furthermore, it seemed clear to me that, far from being the transformational figure his supporters imagined, he was rather conventional-minded: Even before taking office, he showed signs of paying far too much attention to what some of us would later take to calling Very Serious People, people who regarded cutting budget deficits and a willingness to slash Social Security as the very essence of political virtue.
And I wasn't wrong. Obama was indeed naive: He faced scorched-earth Republican opposition from Day One, and it took him years to start dealing with that opposition realistically. Furthermore, he came perilously close to doing terrible things to the U.S. safety net in pursuit of a budget Grand Bargain; we were saved from significant cuts to Social Security and a rise in the Medicare age only by Republican greed, the GOP's unwillingness to make even token concessions.
But now the shoe is on the other foot: Obama faces trash talk left, right and center – literally – and doesn't deserve it. Despite bitter opposition, despite having come close to self-inflicted disaster, Obama has emerged as one of the most consequential and, yes, successful presidents in American history. His health reform is imperfect but still a huge step forward – and it's working better than anyone expected. Financial reform fell far short of what should have happened, but it's much more effective than you'd think. Economic management has been half-crippled by Republican obstruction,
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What a toe-sucking idiot Krugman is. Nobel worthy, for sure.
“Obama has emerged as one of the most consequential and, yes, successful presidents in American history.”
The guy needs professional help.
Are we sure this wasn’t a mistaken author.
Sounds more like a Paul Drugman.
Krugman can really run the ink.
No one, not even Obama, knows how the world works and is supposed to work, than Krugman.
He is so full of it.
Krugman fools you by walking upright!
What ... no visual?
I’d like to SEE what it looks like to jump through your own a%$ hole!
W
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? Did I snooze and miss this part of the administration?
Quick - somebody please contact Krugman and show him how to append that little “sarcasm” alert to his political musings.
32% of Americans are full-on Communists and will agree with Krugman.
The rest of us have a clue after 6 years.
Obama will be cursed or praised depending on his success in keeping the USA out of a ground war.
You would disagree that Obama was successful at what he set out to accomplish?
Krugman could not spell “cat” if you spotted him the “a” and the “t”...
Nobel winner Paul Krugman
This piece reminds me of Bill Nye’s famous joke that ‘Wagner’s music is better than it sounds’. *
*Often mistakenly attributed to Mark Twain.
Krugman thinks that what Obama has set out to accomplish is beneficial to America.
But in the sense you speak of, no, he has not been successful. Many of his plans have not reaped his desired results.
“Krugman, you ignorant sl*t...”
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