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Who’s Afraid of Nancy Pelosi?
nytimes ^ | Paul Krugman

Posted on 08/13/2018 5:29:41 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Who’s Afraid of Nancy Pelosi?

By Paul Krugman

Opinion Columnist

Aug. 13, 2018

Normally, a party that gives away $2 trillion without worrying about where the money will come from can buy itself at least a few votes. But Donald Trump’s tax cut remains remarkably unpopular, and Republicans barely mention it on the campaign trail — in fact, Democrats are running against the tax cut more than Republicans are running on it.

Nor are Republicans talking much about Trump’s trade war, which also remains unpopular.

What, then, does the G.O.P. have to run on? It can hype the supposed menace from illegal immigrants — but that hasn’t been gaining much traction, either. Instead, Republicans’ attack ads have increasingly focused on one of their usual boogeymen — or, rather, a boogeywoman: Nancy Pelosi, the former and possibly future speaker of the House.

So this seems like a good time to remind everyone that Pelosi is by far the greatest speaker of modern times and surely ranks among the most impressive people ever to hold that position. And it’s interesting to ask why she gets so little credit with the news media, and hence with the general public, for her accomplishments.

What has Pelosi achieved?

First, as House minority leader, she played a crucial role in turning back George W. Bush’s attempt to privatize Social Security.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: botox; california; incometaxes; liar; nancypelosi; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; paulkrugman; sanfrannan; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja
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Huh?
1 posted on 08/13/2018 5:29:41 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

If ever a reputation is undeserved it belongs to Krugman.


2 posted on 08/13/2018 5:33:52 PM PDT by Bookshelf (`)
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To: Sub-Driver

“...Who’s afraid of Nancy Peelousy?.....”

Well, I guess all her Samoan slaves are probably pretty afraid of her.


3 posted on 08/13/2018 5:36:40 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: Sub-Driver

... the greatest speaker of modern times and surely ranks among the most impressive people ever to hold that position.

The definition of ‘impressive’ by the NYT differs from the voter’s definition, “Impressive only by her lying abilities, and her unequaled asshattery!”


4 posted on 08/13/2018 5:36:54 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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To: Sub-Driver

More crap from “Stormfront on the Hudson”.


5 posted on 08/13/2018 5:37:33 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: Sub-Driver

Funny!

The people who really like the tax cut are the people who mostly voted for Donald Trump.

White, suburban or rural, Middle and lower middle class with jobs and businesses.

And to be clear, MOST of the tax cut went to business and the wealthy...the people that pay these folks and buy from them.

Too bad those of us in blue states didn’t reap any direct benefit. Maybe even have to pay a little more.

That part sucks.


6 posted on 08/13/2018 5:39:09 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Sub-Driver

Maybe Krugman should check this out:

https://archive.is/lXsQH


7 posted on 08/13/2018 5:44:06 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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Donald Trump’s tax cut remains remarkably unpopular

With who??? I am not the least bit disappointed with my tax cut.

8 posted on 08/13/2018 5:49:01 PM PDT by NJRighty ("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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To: Sub-Driver

Did this fool really win a prestigious award?


9 posted on 08/13/2018 5:50:15 PM PDT by databoss
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To: Sub-Driver

Who’s afraid of Nancy Pelosi?

I don’t know, those ‘demand for apologies’ she issues..(shudders)


10 posted on 08/13/2018 5:50:19 PM PDT by CharleysPride (Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Thank you, President Trump.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Are you really that stupid, dumb ass. You make it sound like the gov’t gave up a trillion dollars. Not the case. What it means is that there’s a trillion more dollars that PRIVATE CITIZENS get to spend for things OTHER THAN buying votes. If you took any econ classes, you would know that this spending causes a multiplier effect and it can be shown mathmatically that multiplier effect is ALWAYS smaller when the public sector does the spending than when the private sector does it. The only way the gov’t can spend a trillion dollars is to take it away from someone else in the private sector which ALWAYS means less job-creating consumer spending. I’m surprised you can fog a mirror without help.


11 posted on 08/13/2018 5:53:30 PM PDT by econjack
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But Donald Trump’s tax cut remains remarkably unpopular

... with Klunkman and his elitist cronies

Trump’s trade war, which also remains unpopular.

... with Klunkman and his elitist cronies

the supposed menace from illegal immigrants — but that hasn’t been gaining much traction, either.

... with Klunkman and his elitist cronies

Pelosi is by far the greatest speaker of modern times and surely ranks among the most impressive people ever to hold that position

... according to Klunkman and his elitist cronies.

To the rest of America? Not so much ...

12 posted on 08/13/2018 5:54:28 PM PDT by IronJack (al)
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"So this seems like a good time to remind everyone that
Pelosi is by far the greatest speaker of modern times and
surely ranks among the most impressive people ever to hold
that position. And it’s interesting to ask why she gets
so little credit with the news media, and hence with
the general public, for her accomplishments."

Paul Krugman, why don't you kiss Nancy's butt a little harder?
That's right. Press your lips right on that rear of hers.

(This must be a satirical article. Nobody is that much of a true believer.)
(Maybe I'm wrong?)

13 posted on 08/13/2018 5:56:07 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: Sub-Driver
End of argument.

Crazy_Nancy

14 posted on 08/13/2018 6:03:07 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: econjack

Your post is dead center on target.

Just out of curiosity, have you googled the author to check him out?

;)


15 posted on 08/13/2018 6:11:33 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Pelosi looks like she got another face lift.


16 posted on 08/13/2018 6:18:19 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and persue it steadily." -GW)
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To: Sub-Driver

This is what insanity reads like.


17 posted on 08/13/2018 6:23:12 PM PDT by Salvey
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To: Sub-Driver

Looks like he is going to keep his record of predictions perfect .... like Slow Joe, wrong 100% of the time.


18 posted on 08/13/2018 6:23:45 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: Bookshelf

I can’t express how correct you are in math terms, except to say that it is ten to some power with more than a million zeros in it.


19 posted on 08/13/2018 6:34:54 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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To: Sub-Driver
Normally, a party that gives away $2 trillion without worrying about where the money will come from can buy itself at least a few votes.

Honest to goodness, when I read that sentence I thought "Wow...this is such a great sentence, especially so for Krugman. He totally nailed the Dems and Pelosi in particular."

The article - and honesty - evaporates immediately thereafter.

20 posted on 08/13/2018 7:27:49 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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