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So what did we learn from this moment? For one thing, we learned that the modern conservative movement, which dominates the modern Republican Party, has the emotional maturity of a bratty 13-year-old.
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Whether they're cynical postures or sincere beliefs doesn't matter: ruthless opposition and dingbat delusions are the currency of right-wing success, and sand in the gears of democracy.
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""It’s an ugly_ picture. But it’s the truth. And it’s a truth anyone trying to find solutions to America’s real problems has to understand."
Thank you, Krugman. Completely agree.
Apparently the Nobel committee does not screen recipients for their own emotional maturity -- Krugman's name-calling debases the Nobel prize and should be embarrassing to other recipients.
Maybe Krugman and Gore can return their prizes at the same time.
So says the Fox News watching wingn.ut. That bunch of dummies on the Nobel committee don't know nuthin.
Jimmie Carter, then Yassir Arafat, then Al Gore, then Paul Krugmann....yeah, I can see it.
You left out Rabin and Peres, who each received 1/3 of the prize in 1994 along with ARAFAT.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/
They have the emotional maturity of a 13-year old with his own bb gun.
If only it was no more harmful than a BB gun. BB guns couldn't have killed all the people that the useless war in Iraq has.
or the equally useless war in Afghanistan.
Krugman: The Modern Conservative Movement "Has The Emotional Maturity Of A Bratty 13-Year-Old"
As opposed to the 4-yr-old tantrums of the Democrats.
That's telling 'em!
Keep up the playground taunts. "I know you are, but what am I?" never gets old.
Well, I have to fit in with the rest of the mindless blather...
AKA The "PeeWee Herman Defense" it's all they have left.
So....what you're saying is, you're rubber and we're glue, right?
As an independent, I would be bemused by the likes of these people on both sides of the political spectrum. One group who cheers for the insignificant and the other group who draws simple generalizations and resorts to name calling. I would be bemused if it were not so virulent and damaging. You sir, have not improved the situation AND you have insulted millions of innocent 13 year olds everywhere. For the love of Al Gore, leave the kids out of it!
'Party of Bush' got righteously creamed in 2006 and 2008.
Just remember to treat this traitorous obstructive partisan "Party of NO"
the exact same way at the polls next year.
Get your credit cards out, register to vote, and
Bomayé the elephant in 2010
This is vitally important. In a low-turnout election, Repubs are likely to gain seats simply because the Beck-watchers will all turn out in order to avoid being sent to reeducation camps, while Dems are going to be more complacent (especially if their representative was not overly enthusiastic on issues such as health care reform).
But if we can pull off another gain in 2010, the Republican Party is likely to collapse. The sooner the better; that means we can get a reasonable, new second party up and running.
I cannot agree with you enough; we really need to concentrate early on getting out the vote, and it's going to be very hard with some of the Blue Dogs basically acting like Republicans, dragging their heels and obeying the demands of their corporate paymasters. The more they fail to act on things like health care and the things the president promised to address, the worse it's going to be. Especially because it's a midterm election, there needs to be a clear difference between the parties, and while I can still see it, it's mostly because I'm paying a lot more attention than most people have time for. If people have to work too hard to see why their vote matters, they're not going to bother. We have to remember that we are competing with the many important things that people are already splitting their precious time between. If they don't see the point, it won't be good for us at the polls.
What we really need, however, is instant runoff voting (IRV); people could be energized to get out and vote for the candidate of their choice again, without worrying that they were wasting their vote, because they would be able to cast their votes in order of preference. People often speak of voting while holding their noses or of voting for the lesser of two evils... imagine how many more people would vote if they could actually vote for candidates that truly inspired them!
here he is, labeling an adverse group--isn't that what 13 year old brats do?
13 year old brats know nothing about adverse groups. Talking about something you know nothing about is a republican tactic.
Sedition is a term of law which refers to overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by the legal authority as tending toward insurrection against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent (or resistance) to lawful authority. Sedition may include any commotion, though not aimed at direct and open violence against the laws. Seditious words in writing are seditious libel. A seditionist is one who engages in or promotes the interests of sedition.
Sedition is the stirring up of rebellion against the government in power. Treason is the violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or state, giving aid to enemies, or levying war against one's state. Sedition is encouraging one's fellow citizens to rebel against their state, whereas treason is actually betraying one's country by aiding and abetting another state. Sedition laws somewhat equate to terrorism and public order laws.
Dosdai, I think this is a valuable comparison, and I thank you for pointing it out... people (even in the media) often refer to treason when they are really talking about sedition and seditious libel. I hope you forward this to the major news outlets so that their anchors and journalists can update their vocabularies.
Sedition is also a crime under the Smith Act:
"knowingly or willfully advocate, abet, advise or teach the duty, necessity, desirability or propriety of overthrowing the Government of the United States or of any State by force or viol.ence, or for anyone to organize any association which teaches, advises or encourages such an overthrow, or for anyone to become a member of or to affiliate with any such association."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Act
just why is it Krugman seems to have more common sense when talking about things that are not under the realm of economics?
Absolutely outstanding. Fanned and faved!!!!
Oops. That was for somebody else :-)
Krugman is 100% correct in his article. Michelle Bachmann is the perfect example of a bratty 13 year old. The republicans have contributed absolutely nothing this year because they've been too busy throwing tantrums. Soon we'll being hearing republicans say that famous word we hear from 13 year olds...........Whatever! Whatever! Whatever! Whatever!
I'm sure some 13-year-olds would have been insulted by such a statement. I certainly would have been.
I'll give you this... even as a 13-year old, I would have been mightily insulted to have been compared to Michelle Bachmann.
The best we can hope for now is that the Republican Party and the current conservative movement will disintegrate and give way to some kind of new party. They are really beyond reform.
I just hope we do not end up with a one-party system as a result of their implosion.
That is exactly my hope: remaining non-crazy conservatives exit GOP and unite with conservative democrats for new non-extremist conservative party.
And we progressive/liberal democrats will have a party that truly represents us.
Two parties again.
That would be optimal!
Why did huffington post change the name of the article?
IMHO, one of Krugman's most important editorials to date. When one of the two major parties no longer cares about governance, our body politic suffers. Our discourse declines -- just as it has. We can no longer get the best thinking because we can't get an honest debate. It's a disservice to all of us. A party that does not care about governance doesn't deserve to govern.
Exactly.
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