Pawlenty video uses lefty Krugman to take a shot at Obama
I usually rely on others to cover the 2012 presidential campaign-video sideshow, but must note an A-plus puncture from noted stilletto-sticker Tim Pawlenty.
As flagged by the Star Tribune's Kevin Diaz, TPaw took to YouTube on the day President Obama filed re-election papers with the Federal Election Commission. The underpowered Pawlenty has gotten a lot of media about his overamped videos, and today, he released a new one which shows shots of foreclosures and other economic horridness that persists in Obama's presidency.
The shiv? A clip of lefty hero and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman saying, "Washington has given up on the jobs plan" (or "bill"; can't quite make it out amid the special effects). [UPDATE: Slate's David Weigel says it's "picture."]
As faithful Krugman readers know, the Princeton prof has criticized both parties for a too-small stimulus bill he argues is needed to stimulate demand (and jobs) the private economy won't. It's a classic Keynesian solution (spend during a recession, pay back during recovery) — one that Pawlenty wholly rejects.
I'm sure Krugman will post a response on his Times blog soon, and I'll flag it when he does.
[Update: The pithy response that basically calls TPaw a sucker.]
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In the past week Krugman has criticized pawlenty for not knowing what he is talking about esp. concerning economic policy. I think Pawlenty used the loaded word of Fiat economy.
So Pawlenty includes Krugman criticizing Obama (as part of "Washington") for not doing enough to fight back against people like Pawlenty, who would starve the last job out of our society either in the name of an ideology or to pander to the know-nothings that he needs as his base, with enough one-second dramatic images and mixed martial arts music to make sure that the target audience doesn't stop to consider that the piece is entirely incoherent? If that's an "A-plus" contribution to the political discourse, I guess that says all we need to know about the political discourse (and our future as a society capable of self-governance).