One more thing about Krugman

I think this needs a response, so here goes:

• Bush had a sky-high approval rating
• political exploitation and intimidation
• when people who made speeches, then feathered their own political or financial nests
• culminating in the deliberate misleading of the nation into the invasion of Iraq

To me, it does not follow that Bush needed to exploit 911 for political gain in order to feather his political or financial nest.   The "sky high approval rating" happened in direct consequence of 911, not because of Iraq.  In fact, Iraq had a significant downside political risk attached to it.  If Bush wanted to exploit his sky high approval ratings, he could not have done a worse thing than going into Iraq.  It was Iraq that led to his downfall politically- and with it, the fortunes of the Republican party.  If anyone was ( or is ) exploiting anything, it wasn't ( or isn't ) Bush.

The liberals cannot or will not afford Bush any common courtesy or decency whatsoever.  The reason is that it makes it much harder to oppose him politically.  Bush has to be demonized and dehumanized, and his motives impugned in order for Krugman and his ilk to continue to exist.  In general, there can be forgiveness for mistakes, but true evil is much harder to forgive.  As Krugman as said, he cannot forgive Bush for Iraq.  Therefore, in Krugman's warped political universe, Bush is evil incarnate, and must always be considered so.

I wrote a lot about Iraq back in 2008.  The far left wanted to lynch Bush.  Funny how they didn't want to lynch, nor punish, any of the bad guys though, and Krugman feels really "proud" about that.  If you think that "lynch" is too strong a word, then you weren't paying close enough attention.

If Bush wasn't lynched, it is only because he is more useful alive than dead to Krugman and his ilk.

Krugman is using 911, you see.  That which he accused Bush of doing, he is doing himself.  This is why he needs a clarification.  He has to separate 911 from Bush and take it for himself, and his liberal buddies, so that they can feather their own nests.  After all, that what being a big government liberal is all about.