American idiots
by digby
I'm sure I'm going to get dinged for this by the usual suspects, but I just have to point out that there are some extremely stupid people in America. Here's an example.
Paul Krugman writes:
I hear on the grapevine that some people are shocked, shocked I tell you, that I compared S&P to a murderer.
Not that I personally think that's such a bad thing --- and Krugman can be colorful ...
But when you look at the column they're screeching about, this is the offensive passage:
Let’s start with S.& P.’s lack of credibility. If there’s a single word that best describes the rating agency’s decision to downgrade America, it’s chutzpah — traditionally defined by the example of the young man who kills his parents, then pleads for mercy because he’s an orphan.
Actually now that I think about it, silly and sophomoric is probably more on the mark. Nobody can be that stupid.
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