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Krugman Getting it Wrong... Again

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by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny I just stopped in at Contra O'Reilly , where my man Will has a link up to a Paul Krudman Krugman, David Brooks exchange. The comment stream, as it turns out is quite lively, with spinning Whirling Dervish, possibly the net's most far out in in left field blog spinning like the proverbial top. Here for Rational Nation USA's readers to enjoy is the video of the exchange. What say you, RN USA readers?

The Hypocritical Left On Civility... Or the Justifiable Reasons for the Lack Thereof

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by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism Paul Krugman, America's premier source of socialist progressive drivel, straight from the cloistered halls of progressive academia and The New York Times , is encouraging the faithful -- that would be pResident Obama and all socialist progressives -- to forgo civility. Seems Krugman has forgotten this . Excerpt from Krugman's NY Time article . Last week, President Obama offered a spirited defense of his party’s values — in effect, of the legacy of the New Deal and the Great Society. Immediately thereafter, as always happens when Democrats take a stand, the civility police came out in force. The president, we were told, was being too partisan; he needs to treat his opponents with respect; he should have lunch with them, and work out a consensus. That’s a bad idea. Equally important, it’s an undemocratic idea... Which brings me to those calls for a bipartisan solution. Sorry to be cynical, b...