This Man is a Nattering Naybob

Paul Krugman allows us to introduce the new Blogger photo functionality by applying to become poster boy of the Nattering Naybobs with his most recent column. How did we know that "Krugsy" would eventually get around to shoveling some Downing Street dung? Here's just a taste. Enjoy.

In November 2002, Helen Thomas, the veteran White House correspondent, told an audience, "I have never covered a president who actually wanted to go to war" - but she made it clear that Mr. Bush was the exception. And she was right. Leading the nation wrongfully into war strikes at the heart of democracy. It would have been an unprecedented abuse of power even if the war hadn't turned into a military and moral quagmire. And we won't be able to get out of that quagmire until we face up to the reality of how we got in.

Quite a leap there. From the ironclad opinions of Helen Thomas spring accusations of the grossest of misconduct. And oh the temerity! To represent it without so much as a shred of proof! Krugman is an utterly despicable creature who abuses a serious academic reputation to suggest absolute untruths or advance red-herrings in every column he writes. Don't believe me? There's a reason why Don Lushkin publishes a Krugman Truth Squad column over at NRO.