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To: LindyBill who wrote (34171)	3/12/2004 10:37:58 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793677

Tim Blair Blog KRUGMAN UNPLUGGED On Australia’s Lateline program, Paul Krugman speaks his mind: There was actually a kind of revealing moment recently - Bush gave an interview, was more or less dragooned into an interview on Meet The Press and the interviewer said: "Well, what if you lose the election?" And he said: "I'm not going to lose the election." And the interviewer said: "But what if you do lose?" He said: "I'm not going lose the election." The possibility that they just would not regard it as a legitimate thing if someone else were to take power. Krugman looked almost as paranoid as he sounded. Here’s the actual exchange between George W. Bush and Meet the Press host Tim Russert: Russert: Are you prepared to lose? President Bush: No, I'm not going to lose. Russert: If you did, what would you do? President Bush: Well, I don't plan on losing. I’ve got a vision for what I want to do for the country. See, I know exactly where I want to lead. I want to lead us — I want to lead this world toward more peace and freedom. I want to lead this great country to work with others to change the world in positive ways, particularly as we fight the war on terror, and we got changing times here in America, too. What did Krugman expect Bush to say? “I am fully prepared to lose, and if I do, I expect I’ll be sent into exile on the island of Elba”? Among Krugman’s other terrified comments: The vast right-wing conspiracy isn't a theory, it's quite clearly visible to anyone who takes a little care to do his home work. Quite a few people as part of the Republican movement have said that God chose Bush to be President. I don't know whether they would accept the idea that mere mortal men should choose for him not to be President for another four years. I guess we’ll find out when “they” cancel the election and install Bush as God's official President-for-life. Krugman is insane. Posted by Tim Blair at March 12, 2004 12:49 AM

To: LindyBill who wrote (34171)	3/13/2004 8:09:51 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793677

Americans overwhelmingly believe "the terrorists would prefer" Mr. Kerry to win the election. I've been thinking about this since the attack in Spain, which was right before an election and the black-death threat against the US. It would seem that, if al Qaida wanted Kerry to be president, it would chill between now and the election. So either Spain wasn't al Qaida, al Qaida is utterly stupid, or sixty percent of poll participants are mistaken. I think we can rule out the middle one. The first is a possibility. The last is the most likely, it would seem.