Krug-Aid

Will Hutton: And lastly - you’ve been critical about Obama. Your view now?

Paul Krugman: I’m increasingly happy with him. I was unhappy; I think they could have gotten a bigger stimulus coming out the gate. But they’ve become more forceful. I would have been more aggressive on the banks; we’ll see if we need to re-fight that battle later on.

Healthcare is looking really good. I’m getting increasingly optimistic on healthcare reform. Climate change looks like it’s going to happen. So my odds that this will in fact be the kind of New Deal I was hoping for are rising. I had my scepticism, but he is smart. He’s impressive. And it is such a relief to have somebody whom you can respect in the White House.

The Teleprompter Messiah’s Magical Pony Powers strike again. Krugman has been assimilated into the Oborg. Resistance is futile. [hat tip James T.]

Posted by Kevin K. on 06/15/09 at 10:02 PM • Permalink

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I’m increasingly happy with him.

*faints*

Comment by YAFB on 06/15/09 at 10:19 PM

PB 2.0 has an interesting reaction. Given the premise “Krugman is always right” and the fact “Krugman disagrees with us”, the Correntians have chosen to conclude “Krugman has been brainwashed by hopium” rather than even entertain “perhaps we are wrong”.

Comment by John Cain on 06/15/09 at 11:46 PM

I’m afraid to look. Kinda surprised all of the sparks flying out of their skull-casings set fire to the Mighty Corrente Building and burn it to the ground? If Greenwald starts saying complimentary things, they may have to consider colonizing on another planet.

Comment by Kevin K. on 06/15/09 at 11:55 PM

I must say that this genuinely impresses me. I’ve read Krugman’s books and have every reason to believe in his sincerity.

Comment by Brad on 06/16/09 at 12:19 AM

No one escapes the Narcissistic Snake-Oil Charisma Field!

I can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying this. Krugman’s been paraded around for weeks like some Poster Boy for Reformed Errantism, freshly graduated from a 12-step Kool-Aid recovery program and ready to lecture sixth-graders on the dangers of White Guilt, creeping socialism and John Maynard Keynes.

Too bad his adoptive boosters confused selective policy criticisms with a Road-to-Damascus conversion. Those I-Told-You-Sos pack a wicked sting when they come flying back in your face.