Krugman soundbite of the day

[scottxyz]

It's a lot easier to document links between the bin Laden family and the Bushes than it is to document links between the bin Ladens and Saddam Hussein.

Right on Krugman!


Recipe to restore democracy in the US:

(1) Say the above sound-bite.
(2) Repeat.

Democratic speechwriters please take note.


From:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16911
"The Wars of the Texas Succession"
By Paul Krugman

Krugman makes this pithy point in this week's New York Review of Books while discussing:

American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips

The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind

[gristy]

1. Well that little snippet NAILS it.

Now, doesn't it? Leave it to the plain-speaking Krugman. I love the guy.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. <snort>

On the nail, baby. On the nail.

[Nlighten1]

3. Damned liberal media!

snark snark snark!

[otohara]

4. priceless

new quote on my mail sig line

[Dudley_DUright]

5. I also thought that was the money quote in his NYRB review

Good point.

[SpiralHawk]

6. Another great soundbite

(Philips quoted by Krugman).

Here's how Phillips summarizes the picture:

All in all, if presidential family connections were theme parks, Bush World would be a sight to behold.

Mideast banks tied to the CIA would crowd alongside Florida S&Ls that once laundered money for the Nicaraguan contras. Dozens of oil wells would run eternally without finding oil, thanks to periodic cash deposits by old men wearing Reagan-Bush buttons and smoking twenty-dollar cigars.

Visitors to "Prescott Bush's Tokyo" could try to make an investment deal without falling into the clutches of the yakuza....
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[Dudley_DUright]

7. and visitors to GHWB's era Tokyo

could try to make a toast to the Japanese prime minister without puking all over his lap!