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-----Original Message-----
From: paxamicus AT earthlink.net
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 9:45 am
Subject: [Homestead] What Krugman has to say about this election



"The monster years
Last night wasn’t just a victory for tolerance; it wasn’t just a  
andate for progressive change; it was also, I hope, the end of the  
onster years.
What I mean by that is that for the past 14 years America’s political  
ife has been largely dominated by, well, monsters. Monsters like Tom  
eLay, who suggested that the shootings at Columbine happened because  
chools teach students the theory of evolution. Monsters like Karl  
ove, who declared that liberals wanted to offer “therapy and  
nderstanding” to terrorists. Monsters like Dick Cheney, who saw 9/11  
s an opportunity to start torturing people.
And in our national discourse, we pretended that these monsters were  
easonable, respectable people. To point out that the monsters were,  
n fact, monsters, was “shrill.”
Four years ago it seemed as if the monsters would dominate American  
olitics for a long time to come. But for now, at least, they’ve been  
anished to the wilderness."

>From this morning's NYT. I'm not going to bother to link it.

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