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Krugman Worried Obama Doesn't Have 'Enough Stuff To Spend On'
newsbusters.org - 12/15/2008
Krugman Worried Obama Doesn't Have 'Enough Stuff To Spend On'
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As Americans across the fruited plain worry about their jobs and how they're going to make ends meet during the current recession, Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman showed Sunday morning just how separated from reality and the common man he actually is. Appearing on ABC's "This Week," the ...
politico.com - 12/22/2008
Krugman in contact with the Obama team?
— politico.com — Yes. When master economist, columnist, and plain ole intellectual (so few left these days) Paul Krugman was asked this morning* about whether or not he was "in communications" with the Obama administration regarding the economy, he declared: "Yes... ... (more) Krugman in contact with the Obama team?

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corner.nationalreview.com - 12/18/2008
re: Paul
— corner.nationalreview.com — Ideas alone do not have consequences. Ideas, even -- or especially -- powerful ideas are like seeds. If they land in fertile soil and are cultivated they can grow. On rock or sand or ignored or tended by incompetents they die. The idea of ... (more) re: Paul

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talkleft.com - 12/18/2008
Another Change You Won't See From Obama
— talkleft.com — From the time Sen. Barack Obama announced his candidacy, I wrote and wrote about his record on criminal justice issues, particularly with respect to our drug laws. I didn't like what I learned and said so repeatedly. While his policy positions and ... (more) Another Change You Won't See From Obama

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Flopping Aces:  The Liberals Worry That There Is Not Enough Entitlement Programs To Throw Money At

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The Liberals Worry That There Is Not Enough Entitlement Programs To Throw Money At
Flopping Aces — ... You know the second coming of Jimmy Carter has arrived when MSM hacks complain about Obama not having enough stuff to spend our taxpayer dollars on. Here is Paul Krugman appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” who responded to George Stephanopoulos’s question on whether he is going to stick to the $600 billion economic recovery spending projection he made on the show a few weeks ago: (h/t Newsbusters) ...

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