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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:22 PM Original message |
Is it time to throw Paul Krugman and Robert Reich under the bus? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope so |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's not like anyone is listening to them. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. We only listen to people when they validate our beliefs. nt |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Must be human nature, the other side only listens to those who validate their beliefs as well. n/t |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's why we hang out here, and they hang out at FR. :=) nt |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yep. It's called "confirmation bias" and we are all susceptible to it. |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Anyone except Taibbi apparently - I have discovered he is a demi-god |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. After I read Taibbi, I yearn for a good smoke ... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Oh, and, I don't even smoke! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Weren't you slamming Krugman not so long ago? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. it's too funny |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Not Krugman. I am in the Brad DeLong/Krugman Bernanke fan club |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. I threw him under the bus long ago. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. I agree with them. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. For a short bus, they can sure fit a lot of people under it. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why not? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well, I'm expecting Krugman to walk his support back |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. hahaha okay fair enough then and please be sure to post it when he does |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. What does it mean to "throw them under the bus"? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. Reich's jeer was for the plan. You totally misrepresented his view. |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. lol yes if you were going to take me really very seriously then yes reich's one jeer was huge |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. DU is hysterical. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Krugman: less than 1/4 of what's needed, Obama can't get it passed. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Heh. |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. No, no -- the GOP defunded the bus. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think he's on a ski lift... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I would expect a fair minded person |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. Is there anyone left "on the bus"? |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. I don't see critics of Obama turning on people the way supporters attacked Hamsher, Greenwald, etc. |
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