Heads Up! KRUGMAN on FRANKEN next!! (1pm Eastern)

[nostamj]

Paul Krugman starts his WEEKLY Tuesday appearances on The Al Franken Show today... his op-ed today is fierce!

The Arabian candidate wouldn't openly help terrorists. Instead, he would serve their cause while pretending to be their enemy.

After an attack, he would strike back at the terrorist base, a necessary action to preserve his image of toughness, but botch the follow-up, allowing the terrorist leaders to escape. Once the public's attention shifted, he would systematically squander the military victory: committing too few soldiers, reneging on promises of economic aid. Soon, warlords would once again rule most of the country, the heroin trade would be booming, and terrorist allies would make a comeback.

Meanwhile, he would lead America into a war against a country that posed no imminent threat. He would insinuate, without saying anything literally false, that it was somehow responsible for the terrorist attack. This unnecessary war would alienate our allies and tie down a large part of our military. At the same time, the Arabian candidate would neglect the pursuit of those who attacked us, and do nothing about regimes that really shelter anti-American terrorists and really are building nuclear weapons.

Again, he would take care to squander a military victory. The Arabian candidate and his co-conspirators would block all planning for the war's aftermath; they would arrange for our army to allow looters to destroy much of the country's infrastructure. Then they would disband the defeated regime's army, turning hundreds of thousands of trained soldiers into disgruntled potential insurgents


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/20/opinion/20krug.html

[evil_orange_cat]

1. did I miss it?

what time is Krugman supposed to be on? I'm listening right now.

[nostamj]

2. no! i'm listening too

if it's like Conason, it will be the final hour...

[nostamj]

3. up next

if I understood Al

[eleny]

4. yes - next!

[DeadHead67]

5. Should be up next on Air America . . . . .

I'm listening now.

[Joanne98]

6. Here's a link

http://www.620knews.com/listen/index.php

For the people who can't get the AAR link to work. Go to the bottom of the page and click.

GO Krugman GO..............

[kaitykaity]

7. He's here. He's here. He's here.

:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[Rose Siding]

8. LOL Great intro

"Little did the NYT know..." on to describe Paul as Superman

[NewJeffCT]

9. summary for the cube rats, please

thanks - I can't stream at work and get no WLIB signal in my building 2 hours outside of NYC.

[NewJeffCT]

10. kick - nobody could summarize this?

please?