Krugman detects revisionist history in the making

[Cheesehead]

In his NYT column, Paul Krugman cuts through the BS to lay bare the administration's short memory:

Get Me Rewrite!
By PAUL KRUGMAN

Right now America is going through an Orwellian moment. On both the foreign policy and the fiscal fronts, the Bush administration is trying to rewrite history, to explain away its current embarrassments.

Let's start with the case of the missing W.M.D. Do you remember when the C.I.A. was reviled by hawks because its analysts were reluctant to present a sufficiently alarming picture of the Iraqi threat? Your memories are no longer operative. On or about last Saturday, history was revised: see, it's the C.I.A.'s fault that the threat was overstated. Given its warnings, the administration had no choice but to invade.

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And if top political figures have their way, there will be further rewriting to come. You may remember that Saddam gave in to U.N. demands that he allow inspectors to roam Iraq, looking for banned weapons. But your memories may soon be invalid. Recently Mr. Bush said that war had been justified because Saddam "did not let us in." And this claim was repeated by Senator Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee: "Why on earth didn't let the inspectors in and avoid the war?"

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I'd like to think that the administration's crass efforts to rewrite history will backfire, that the media and the informed public won't let officials get away with this. Have we finally had enough?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/06/opinion/06KRUG.html?th=&pagewanted=print&position=

[DemNoir]

1. Remember the Rumsfeld quote

"The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence"

[nostamj]

2. is there a book of rummy quotes yet?

not saying I would BUY one but...

[JanMichael]

4. But, but, but...I thought the absence of evidence isn't evidence of...

...existance?!

Damn that rummy...

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Worse Yet! There Is No Such Thing. . .

. . .as evidence of absence. If something's absent, there can be no evidence. IT'S NOT THERE! So, this buffoon is asking for the impossible and doesn't even know it.
The Professor

[Cheesehead]

11. Another one of those pesky unknown unknowns I guess!

:eyes:

[BootinUp]

3. Krugman should get

a position in the new administration. I really really like this guy.

"Your memories are no longer operative."

Classic

[Cheesehead]

5. He would be perfect for Treasury Secretary

:kick:

[Bandit]

6. Personally I like him right where he is

If he was in the administration the public would be less informed. Remember the wingers are not going away. They control 90% of the Media. We can not afford to lose such a powerful voice for our side.

[Cheesehead]

7. True enough. There just aren't enough Krugmans to go around.

Could a Treasury Secretary write an Op/Ed column for the NYT? Why not?

[krkaufman]

9. Where'd ya get the pic?

Where'd ya get that bizarre pic of Martin Sheen?

[Cheesehead]

10. I can't take credit

Someone else used it in a post so I traced the source and appropriated it for my sig. line. The resemplance is uncanny, isn't it?

[krkaufman]

12. Most canless, yes!! n/t