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2003-06-17 Fifth Column

Paul Krugman went nuts today - a regular happening - with his NYT column "Dereliction of Duty". "Krugman Truth Squad Member" Donald Luskin tears into Krugman's column:

http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_luskin/truthsquad061703.asp

Krugman's vitriolic hatred for the Bush administration has created perhaps America's most dishonest and irrational liberal pundit. (Though that's a tough call given the crowded field of candidates just at the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.)

In this vein, please enjoy "The Ballad of Paul Krugman" as penned by one Eric Lindholm and posted at Viking Pundit:

The Ballad of Paul Krugman

(sung to âI Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-Generalâ by Gilbert & Sullivan)

I am the very model of a New York Times columnist
The facts are inconvenient, my opinion is the very best
So listen very carefully as I pronounce with biased zest
I am the very model of a New York Times columnist

Iâm blind to every transgression by leftist, Green, or Democrats
I love a larger government, enamored by more bureaucrats
So Iâll encourage statism and ignore every Clinton tryst
I am the very model of a New York Times columnist

The government exists to generate brand-new entitlements
So raise those taxes high, take all the dollars, nickels, dimes and cents
And Iâll be sure to vilify those like Hastert, Delay and Frist
I am the very model of a New York Times columnist

On issues foreign policy, my views are academical
Republicans starting wars are treasonous and heretical
Unless you are a Democrat, Iâm strictly isolationist
I am the very model of a New York Times columnist

The war upon Iraq will be a failure âtil we find anthrax
I donât care âbout those mass graves or the stories of Saddamâs attacks
Donât want to hear about the rape, the torture and his iron fist
I am the very model of a New York Times columnist

Iâm full of moral vanity and my virtue is beyond review
Iâm blind to my own prejudice and operate without a clue
With Bush there in the White House, Iâm an eternal pessimist
I am the very model of a New York Times columnist

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-06-17 11:54 am|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bravo! Let's have one on Maureen Dowd now. She's as plump of a target for musical satire as Krugman.

Posted by MusicMan 6/17/2003 12:08:18 PM|| 6/17/2003 12:08:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Bravo! Let's have one on Maureen Dowd now. She's as plump of a target for musical satire as Krugman.

Posted by MusicMan 2003-06-17 12:08:18|| 2003-06-17 12:08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 That's better than anything put out by Metallica in the past six years...

Posted by Raj 2003-06-17 13:07:46|| [angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-06-17 13:07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 I can just imagine the Dem candidates as "Nine Little Twits from School" ROTFLMOL!

Posted by Hodadenon 2003-06-17 15:01:46|| 2003-06-17 15:01:46|| Front Page Top

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