Krugman: ‘Only fools and clowns’ believe Republican ideology

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By David Edwards

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says that Newt Gingrich is just the latest of the “fools and clowns” in the Republican presidential race to become a frontrunner.

“I have a structural hypothesis here,” Krugman told ABC’s Christiane Amanpour Sunday. “You have a Republican ideology, which Mitt Romney obviously doesn’t believe in. He just oozes insincerity, that’s just so obvious. But all of the others are fools and clowns. And there is a question here, my hypothesis is that maybe this is an ideology that only fools and clowns can believe in. And that’s the Republican problem.”

Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan spoke up in Gingrich’s defense.

“We need a little on the pro-Newt side balance,” she remarked. “The base of the Republican Party knows that the establishment of the Republican Party doesn’t like Newt. That’s a big plus.”

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[mazzarro]

1. My rephrase of Paul Krugman's comment on Newt Gingrich

"... And Newt, although — somebody said, ‘He’s a stupid man’s idea of what a smart person sounds like.’..."

My rephrase will be thus: Newt is a stupid man's idea of what a smart "conservative" sounds like

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[applegrove]

5. LOL!

[gulliver]

2. The Republicans are mystified.

They wonder, "Why can't we find a sincere, intelligent, strong-willed hero type to represent our point of view?" They probably really wonder that. It's hilarious.

[lindysalsagal]

3. They'll never have another puppet like George Bush. His real value was that

he didn't understand anything, so he believed whatever they told him, and sold it.

sigh~

The good old days.:kick:

[Festivito]

4. It's good we don't have any real problems like war, unemployment, and growing poverty.

The entirety of the Sunday talk shows consisted of which rube Republicans will sacrifice to Obama, and then Penn State pederasty for the semblance of a separate topic.

Clowns and fools!

I hope they don't railroad Krugman for revealing a state secret.