“I know, now I’m supposed to be evenhanded, and point out equivalent figures on the Democratic side. But there really aren’t any; in modern America, cults of personality built around undeserving politicians seem to be a Republican thing,”The quote ends in a comma so the sentence is not finished. The link takes you to NYT to see for yourself.
John Sexton writes an able takedown at Breitbart, you'll enjoy it. Like I say, it is based on a single sentence portion but it's still very good. It's one of those things where you're reading along and cannot believe for ten good reasons and see your objections arrayed against the remark surrounding it so clearly you could spit it all out at once, and do. With time, then, to dig up the right pictures and everything.
Realizing his statement is flawed due to the obvious personality cult that formed around Obama that Krugman is part, he justifies that one cult being okay because of the great things it produced, ignoring his example is flawed that the jury is still out and the worst of it yet to come. The bit of time-sophistry doesn't work because all that comes well after the personality cult was on full display.
Such a fierce little liar, Krugman is. What a force of nature. I wonder why Sexton was reading Krugman in the first place. Looking for material, I guess. My doctor referenced Krugman once for authority on economic opinion and that quip alone is reason enough to drop him as doctor. I was nonplussed, shaking my head "no" I sputtered, "Even Keynes didn't believe in Keynesian economics" to his back as he left the room but knowing he respects Krugman made me doubt he knows how that remark even related to Krugman. That is, I doubt he knows much anything useful about political science or about economics. How can you respect that when it comes with strong opinion and comes from a professional? That you rely on.
I could make a mint producing Paul Krugman garden gnomes. He'd be petting his cat.
To live within the Obama cult of personality and then project that mental state outward onto the everlasting scourge of your existence where it doesn't fit, and write about it, is observable psychosis in action.
