Posted on 09/01/2004 2:39:28 PM PDT by swilhelm73
New York, N.Y. — New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says he believes the United States needs a "mega-Watergate" scandal to uncover a far-reaching right-wing conspiracy, going back forty years, to gain control of the U.S. government and roll back civil rights.
Krugman made the comments during a forum, "Books on Bush," at New York University Monday evening. While other authors present — former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, and House of Bush, House of Saud author Craig Unger — directed their fire at the Bush administration, Krugman told the crowd that the president is simply a front man for larger and more sinister forces.
"We probably make a mistake when we place too much emphasis on Bush the individual," said Krugman, who received a standing ovation when he was introduced. "This really isn't about Bush. Bush is the guy that the movement found to take them over the top. But it didn't start with him, and it won't end with him. What's going on in this country is that a radical movement...that had been building for several decades, finally found their moment and their man in Bush."
Krugman said he and other liberals had been "asleep" and unaware of the true dimensions of the danger during the years in which President Bill Clinton found himself facing a variety of scandal allegations. But Krugman said there is a "complete continuity" between today's politics and the "campaign of slander and innuendo" against Clinton. "There's complete continuity going back, really, I think — but this is my next book — you really need to go back to Goldwater. A lot of this has to do with civil rights, and the people who don't like them."
Krugman described the conspiracy as "the coalition between the malefactors of great wealth and the religious right." He offered no further details about who, precisely, is in the conspiracy but said that "substantial chunks of the media are part of this same movement."
"It's a movement that has been building," Krugman told the audience. "The one thing I think that you really have to say is that people on the left — the position formerly known as the center — people like myself have been asleep for a long time. We just didn't take it seriously. We sat through all the Clinton scandals and said oh, you know, there's probably some funny stuff going on there [and] didn't understand the extent to which this movement was being built."
Now, Krugman said, getting rid of George W. Bush is "necessary but not sufficient" to repair the damage done by the right. "The answer, I think, my great hope now, is that we need an enormous unearthing of the scandals that we know have taken place," Krugman said. "We need a mega-Watergate that rocks them back."
Don't people like this get put in padded cells for observation?
"roll back civil rights"...amazing
Give him a 60-day supply of depends when he enters lockup - he's going to need it.
He may not know basic economics, but he sure knows crazy.
what a loon.
Roll back the progress of Fabian Socialism...
Krugman's problem real problem is with the pervasive and contextual character of the web.
Nothing is lost and everything can be found, organized and served up.
Words really are something to live by.
Since when did Krugman start dating Art Bell?
They see the future of communism failing and dissolving. Poor littl lefties.
Pssst. Hey, Paul. Hey. How do you know you're not still asleep? We're all just programs in the conservative capitalist Matrix....it's too late!
“The inability to distinguish between what is real and what is imaginary. Psychosis is a term used to describe a severe mental illness. Psychotics are characterized by a variety of symptoms that most people consider abnormal. These include experiencing delusions, such as the notion that one is being persecuted or conspired against. Psychotics may see things which don't actually exist and hear Voices (i.e. God) when no one is around. They often exhibit compulsive, irrational, ritualized behavior, esp. when such behavior serves no purpose or is even harmful or disruptive to those around them. They show no concern for others but may exhibit total self-centered behavior. Includes sociopathy, schizophrenia.”
DSM-IV
“…and that’s MISTER Shithead to you, airman!”
I think he has been ready too many of the following links:
loftus link;
http://www.wealth4freedom.com/Elkhorn3.html
Bush and links;
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/randy/swas5a.htm
basic index;
http://emperors-clothes.com/index.html
another link:
http://www.bigelowconsulting.com/CRAweb/essay12.htm
Visit with Caution! Read at your own Risk!
Keep medication nearby!
That's going to be one crowded padded cell on Nov. 3rd.
I knew that my Alcoa and Reynolds Aluminum stocks would do well.
A roaring bull market in Tin Foil Hats is on the horizon.
These people know that Kerry is imploding and it's driving them crazy. They are pathetic.
Hey Krugman, nice performance against O'Reilly a week ago on Tim Russert's show. What a beating. I've been kind of chapped about O'Reilly recently, but the pummelling he administered to Krugman was a thing of beauty. These libs are so easily shown to be mindless clowns when someone competently challenges them.
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