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To: NOW who wrote (48368)	3/20/2006 12:44:01 AM
From: CalculatedRisk	Respond to of 116555

Bogus Bush Bashing, By Paul Krugman, Bogus W. Attacks Commentary, NY Times select.nytimes.com Excerpt: Mr. Bush, of course, bears primary responsibility for the state of his presidency. But ... we're looking at the failure of a movement as well as a man. ... [M]ost of the conservatives now rushing to distance themselves from Mr. Bush still can't bring themselves to criticize his actual policies. Instead, they accuse him of policy sins — in particular, of being a big spender on domestic programs — that he has not, in fact, committed. Before I get to the bogus issue of domestic spending, let's look at the policies the new wave of conservative Bush bashers refuses to criticize. Mr. Bush's new conservative critics don't say much about the issue that most disturbs the public, the quagmire in Iraq. That's not surprising. Commentators who acted as cheerleaders in the run-up to war, and in many cases questioned the patriotism of those of us who were skeptical, can't criticize the ... war without facing up to their own complicity in that decision. Nor, after years of insisting that things were going well in Iraq and denouncing anyone who said otherwise, is it easy for them to criticize Mr. Bush's almost surreal bungling of the war. ... Meanwhile, the continuing allegiance of conservatives to tax cuts ... prevents them from saying anything about the real sources of the federal budget deficit, in particular Mr. Bush's unprecedented decision to cut taxes in the middle of a war. (My colleague Bob Herbert points out that the Iraq hawks chose to fight a war with other people's children. They chose to fight it with other people's money, too.) More excerpts here: economistsview.typepad.com

To: NOW who wrote (48368)	3/20/2006 12:45:41 AM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Krugman is dead on. The problem with the Bush Administration is worse than incompetence ... its a problem of BAD ideas. The Iraq blunder. The failed tax cuts. And more.