Soccer Dad

He Sure Doesn't

Who Gets It?":

The real division in the race for the Democratic nomination is between those who are willing to question not just the policies but also the honesty and the motives of the people running our country, and those who aren't.

He really is like Thomas Friedman. Friedman finds a cute sentence, phrase or concept as a centerpiece of his column and takes everything he can to tie it to that theme. It is less analysis than it is advertising.
I wonder where Al Sharpton fits in? (Later Krugman writes that "all of the candidates are actually quite moderate." Again where does Sharpton fit in?) Here's a guy who's an active antisemite and who has been found guilty of defaming an honorable man and who was involved in a riot turned massacre. My question to Krugman is where is the Democrat who will stand up to Sharpton. This, however, is slightly off track.
Krugman laments that no Democrat can win running a positive campaign because of the ruthlessness of the Bush Administration. He makes a really odd comment here:

Another is that the Bush people really are Nixonian. The bogus security investigation over Ron Suskind's "The Price of Loyalty," like the outing of Valerie Plame, shows the lengths they're willing to go to in intimidating their critics. (In the case of Paul O'Neill, alas, the intimidation seems to be working.) A mild-mannered, upbeat candidate would get eaten alive.

Let's see if I get this. In a case where there was a possible security breach by someone in the administration, Dr. Krugman has been quite vocal in insisting that the matter be investigated (and culprit found and punished.) When there's been a pretty clear breach of confidentiality he considers the investigation to be "intimidation?" That's awfully selective.

Posted by SoccerDad at January 16, 2004 05:33 AM | TrackBack