If Paul Krugman gets canned for telling the truth, we need to publicize

[steve2470]

that. I hope to God they leave him alone.

[Jim Sagle]

1. What makes you think they will?

[steve2470]

2. Because his column indicts the Republicans and they will TRY to hunt him

down like a dog for that.

[Bumblebee]

4. a) He is used to that and B) It was the topic today

on NPR's To the Point (with Warren Olney). Krugman is not going anywhere.

[tocqueville]

3. That's why

"Our current political leaders would suffer greatly if either house of Congress changed hands in 2006, or if the presidency changed hands in 2008. The lids would come off all the simmering scandals, from the selling of the Iraq war to profiteering by politically connected companies. The Republicans will be strongly tempted to make sure that they win those elections by any means necessary. And everything we've seen suggests that they will give in to that temptation."