Paranoia Strikes Deep

() If the G.O.P. essentially shrinks down to a rump party across America, the country could become ungovernable in the midst of an ongoing economic disaster. Full Story »

Posted by Vincent Caminiti - via OneRiot, AllTop, Opinion Source, New York Times (Opinion), New York Times (Most Emailed)
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Posted by: Posted by Vincent Caminiti - Nov 8, 2009 - 10:18 PM PST
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by Vincent Caminiti - Nov. 9, 2009

Krugman has hit this most peculiar nail ... right on the head. This is an opinion piece, and I concur with Krugman's opinion, however, there are NO material or self aggrandizing misrepresentations, in order to promote his view. It is pure and simple, albeit very well written, a list of facts. One does not need a docent or Sherpa in order to follow the evidence - what is required is some patience and possibly a tranquilizer. This is a cogent and valuable article.

The quote I've included sums it all up. The GOP is not even the same GOP that was dominant 10 years ago. I've noticed more and more that the bulk of people that I know or know of, that vociferously promote the extremists in politics, the extremists in media and the extremists in public practice are largely - uneducated, intellectually lazy, engaged in industries that are involved in predatory marketing or finance ... or all of the above. This is hateful group of extremists that ... More »

What all this shows is that the G.O.P. has been taken over by the people it used to exploit. More »

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