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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 02:40 PM
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Funny stuff... WAPO's Howard Kurtz considers Paul Krugman an Obama "cheerleader"
Kurtz must not actually read Krugman's column (and definitely wasn't spending much time on DU a few months back! haha)

Why villagers are clueless
by John Amato

>>>>Journalists are often surprised when they see themselves criticized because they think that they are above it all, but when you see something like this come up in print it makes you just shake your head. Howard Kurtz' newest column portrays Paul Krugman as an Obama cheerleader now being lost over his handling of the health care debate.

A president is going to be smacked around from the moment he takes office and the uplifting rhetoric of campaign rallies meets the gritty reality of governing.
But the criticism of Barack Obama has turned strikingly personal as some of his liberal media allies have gone wobbly on him. After playing a cheer-leading role during the campaign, some are bluntly questioning whether he's up to the job.
If Obama is losing Paul Krugman, can the rest of the left be far behind?

Really, this is who he picks as a cheerleader? Paul Krugman has been analyzing President Obama's choices ever since the primaries began and he was often critical of the then Senator all the way through to his winning the election. Krugman took a lot of heat when he criticized Obama's initial health care plan and he's been outspoken ever since on all issues economic including writing that he thought the stimulus wasn't big enough, but Howard makes it seem like Krugman was an Obama cheerleader right from the start.>>>>

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/why-villagers-are-clueless
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katandmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 03:18 PM
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1. Howard Kurtz is a tool, just not the sharpest one in the shed
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 09:55 PM
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4. LOL!
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 03:50 PM
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2. All one can do is laugh at the Post
and Kurtz.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 03:54 PM
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3. I'll bet that's news at the White House
Just saying.
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