PAUL KRUGMAN: All the President’s Enablers

[kevinmc]

In a coordinated public relations offensive, the White House is using reliably friendly pundits — amazingly, they still exist — to put out the word that President Bush is as upbeat and confident as ever. It might even be true.

What I don’t understand is why we’re supposed to consider Mr. Bush’s continuing confidence a good thing.

Remember, Mr. Bush was confident six years ago when he promised to bring in Osama, dead or alive. He was confident four years ago, when he told the insurgents to bring it on. He was confident two years ago, when he told Brownie that he was doing a heckuva job.

Now Iraq is a bloody quagmire, Afghanistan is deteriorating and the Bush administration’s own National Intelligence Estimate admits, in effect, that thanks to Mr. Bush’s poor leadership America is losing the struggle with Al Qaeda. Yet Mr. Bush remains confident......

http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/07/paul-krugman-all-presidents-enablers.html

[kayob1]

1. Thank you for posting!

I love Paul Krugman and always forget about looking for his articles.

[cassiepriam]

2. Yes, Bush feeling worried would be a good sign that he is in touch with reality.

[MasonJar]

3. Thank God for the few brave souls. Krugman has been on to the

Bushistas from day 1.

[acmavm]

4. The only thing I disagree with this letting bush** off the hook.

Krugman says maybe we should stop blaming bush** for being what he always was, and that all this misery is his enabler's fault.

Nope. It's a 50-50 split.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread kevinmc.

[OETKB]

6. Bush's Enabler-in-chief

It is hard to top Mr. Krugman's list of Bush enablers, but there is one glaring omission. Daddy Bush. He knew more than anyone that his son was not presidential timbre and further that he had problems as a human being. Of all the people that pushed junior Bush to the top I will not forgive his father for forgetting he must be a thoughtful citizen of the United States of America. His father spent much time cleaning up his son's messes, and although tired of doing so, we, the people of the United States, should have not had to take over that job.