Krugman: America Isn’t About Competition
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Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman said the president’s apparent shift to the center recently is “kinda sad” and went on to say that America is not about competition.
The comment came as host Christiane Amanpour brought up the recent appointment of GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt as the chair of the White House’s new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. That, coupled with some apparent pro-business decisions recently, led to the topic of the president’s “shift” and a discussion of competition (the foundation of business and capitalism). When Amanpour said competition was about as American as apple pie (paraphrase) Krugman couldn’t have disagreed more.
The discussion takes up the first two minutes below:
Regarding the president becoming “pro-business,” we noted last week that the president‘s regulation executive order wasn’t as groundbreaking as some initially thought. So with that said, Krugman’s statement that the president appearing pro-business could just be another way to dress up and “sell” more public investment might be the most accurate of his comments.
(H/T: Mediaite)
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Comments (163)
Rob
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:48amShould I become Emperor…there will be special nights in the coliseum when the Chris Matthew’s of the talking class will go sword to sword with a thug from the NFL. And I will get “thumbs up or down”…. the ratings would be magnificent.
Report Post »Lucifers Hammer
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:48amLife is about competition, you pathetic moron. You progressive twits always espouse survival of the fittest and evolution, but then fail to apply it to everyday life. Life is competition for food, resources, space, etc. If we don’t compete we are overtaken by another person for our job, another country for our land, another species for primacy. When you fail to compete in some way or other, you fail to be of significance. You obviously don’t want to compete…so you are insignificant…and should be immediately replaced by someone who will. Welcome to evolution!
Report Post »abc
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:09pmKrugman didn’t say he is against competition, nor that America is not about competition. He is saying that the US government doesn‘t operate and shouldn’t operate like a private corporation. Just because the journalists and pundits on the show are framing things the wrong way doesn‘t mean that you should put words into Krugman’s mouth.
Report Post »joek
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:48amNot one policy from this president or his minions has done anything to help business or the people.
They have done nothing more than create regulations that are taking away jobs and pushing prices up.
I can only assume that this is what they want.
I am afraid that competition went out with freedom!
Report Post »Mister_Bill
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:45amwhen the elites take over, what do you think that they will do with you Mr. Krugman. Do you think that they will allow you to spout propaganda like this? “First we will take Eastern Europe, then the masses of Asia. We will encircle the last bastion of capitalism, the United States of America. We will not need to fight. It will fall as a ripe fruit into our hands.” (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) Remember history and you will not repeat it. Just ask the Trotskyites in Russia, they and the Bolsheviks have been in power since the first world war. Mr Krugman, you are just another Trotskyite shill.
Report Post »constitutionaldirective
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:42amIf you don’t believe in America EXCEPTIONALISM.. then you HAVE TO hate competition as well….
That’s just a shame because our great Republic was built on both.. American Exceptionalism AND Competition.. SILLY COMMIE!
Report Post »Pat Alexander
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:41amKrugman doesn‘t have to worry about Obama’s “Pro Business Stance.”
This is just a ruse to get the big company’s donations for re-election.
If he wins, he will be right back where he has been the last 2 years.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:40amPay no attention to what President Obama says, watch what he does. There has been no correlation between what he says and what he does since the 2008 election. His shift to the middle is simply another head fake. http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:38amHaving the ablility to proper;y structure an article for a news story hardly qualifies Krugmann as an intellectual. You can stack shi** into a nice neat pile but in the end it’s just a stack of sh**. And that’s what Krugmann has been doing for thr NYT for years.
Report Post »Brian
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:38amRestrictions and regulations do exactly that… restrict and regulate.
2,000 page bills being passed without being read bring on a nightmare
for corporations and they do not know what regulations and restrictions
they will be hit with next.
Until the government releases its grip around the throat of American
corporations and manufacturing… we will not see an economic recovery.
You cannot have the best of both worlds… they have tried through Wilson,
Report Post »FDR, Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, BUSH! (gasp… did I say Bush?)
and now Obama… BIG GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER!
Rickfromillinois
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:36amI think that for once Krugman is right (even a blind squirrel finds a acorn every now and then). I believe that Obama is going to come up with another “stimulus” plan like that last 1 trillion dollar boondoggle, although this time it is going to be called an “investment” and emphasize jobs. If he gets his way one thing that you can be sure of is that the unions will get a big chunk of it. If he is serious what doesn’t he cancel his executive directive that all public projects that get Federal dollars must use union workers. The unions represent only 1 in 7 workers but all jobs the get Federal funds must use them? This is another huge pay off for the unions in preparation for the 2012 elections. The government takes money from us, gives it to the unions, and the unions donate hundreds of millions to the campaign coffers of Democrats. It’s a scam and we are going to pay for it.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:05amRick, Rick, Rick,
You are diving into the cement pond! To give Krugman credit for finding a nut with blind telepathy is just plain foolish and giving this squirrel too much confidence. His comments regarding the “dispensing of competition” should be a wake up call. HE IS A PROGRESSIVE. Clear and simple, To Krugman, you are a working class, tax paying village serf who does not know the clear meaning of Capitalism. Yes, “the little people.”
Krugman’s (and other Progressives) use of the word “investment” will be the new viral term replacing “pivot” in weeks to come. I will try to count the number of times POTUS says “investment” in his State of the Union address.
Although, I can see where you connect the dots to “Investment and Union Contracts”, I would like to think that the newly elected Tea Party House of Representatives will hopefully stem the tide of corrupt Union politics as usual. We will have to wait and see.
Report Post »Perhaps I am a naive Pennsylvanian. But I hold hope for our future.
Ironmaan
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:35amThe libs don‘t like competition because they can’t compete.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
drhunt
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:35amNot surprising. What Paul meant to say, was that HE’S not into competition. To actually believe that he would leave his Ivory Tower and/or read about American history enough to know the truth, is a leap of faith. Krugman has been exposed…he doesn’t like it, either.
Report Post »darlenekay
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:34amThe American dream has always supported competition and striving to be better. It is Communism where every one (supposedly) is equal and there is no need to strive for more (because you are not allowed to have more than your handout). Communism leads to apathy and apathy leads to slavery and slavery leads to imprisonment and finally mass murders. I will keep the American free enterprise competition system, thank you.
Report Post »abc
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:07pmIrrelevant. Krugman is not saying the American dream is not about competition. He is saying that the US government doesn‘t and shouldn’t operate like a private, for-profit corporation. That you call Krugman a communist means that you have given yourself away as an unserious person who doesn’t know much about the topic being discussed.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 3:01pmabc,
Comrade Obama will look upon your comments with favor. Stay to the Communist party line, you will go far in our new world order.
Report Post »Hefsmaster
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:34amThe round table of fables.
Report Post »STUBBYK
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:50amI view this round-table discussion as nothing mre than a dope ring. They should all be arrested.
Report Post »RickVolz
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:33amHow many noncompetitive Americans will view the noncompetitive American Football Superbowl? Absurd!
Report Post »taltmire
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:32amObama is not pivoting, he is campaigning for the 2012 election. Don’t listen to what he says, watch what he is doing.
Report Post »simple thought
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:32amkrugmn smugman, this guy and cyntha tucker ar two peas in a pundent class of idiots
Report Post »rstarce
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:31amI‘m so glad someone watched ABC’s This Week, otherwise who would have known what ridiculous words of wisdom came out of his pathetic mouth. He is a bitter, weak progressive filled with hate for his country.I have two words for him but I’m not allowed to put them in writing. This is now the age of civility. RIGHT !
Report Post »RickVolz
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:31amAdd your comments
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:30amOnce again, I”m not clicking on that link to add to the ratings of and give ammunition to ABC/Pravda. Seriously, no one is listening to them anymore except those who want China to take us over. I think those that do need to just move to China and leave the rest of us alone. If we legalized drugs, and put all the drugs that sits in evidence lockers out on street corners to take for free, in 24 hours there would be no left. Why do we give them so much attention. Just ignore them and start rebuilding.
Report Post »Comeandtakeit
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:28amGood! If America isn’t about competition, let’s see all the Democrats, including the President, resign and stop competing for office. Let the grownups take over here and straighten out this mess.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:28amA true example of what Progressives will say when the agenda and Presidential initiative does not go their way. Sounds like sour grapes to me. Key words…. “Symbolism” “Job Strategy” “Natural Forces of Recovery”
Capitalism does not need symbolism, Capitalism requires freedom from Goverment Regulations!
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:26amHe’s probably right that Obama wants to deflect,deflect,deflect his real agenda.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:11amI understand that Obama is going to sign an executive order giving Super Bowl rings and bonus’ to all players so the playing field will be level. Play the game really really hard but don‘t worry about winning or losing because we don’t want anyone leaving with their feelings hurt. I’m sure the owners will go along with that, no matter the millions they have invested in their teams – they are the rich bad guys who suck the life out of the free market. Get real, Krugman! It’s all about winning, you loser.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:24amNo…not the Commie America you dream of Paul.
I want to compete. Please untie my hands!! end regulations and let’s see a GREAT AMERICA for once!!
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:10am@CATB ,.. Was there really any doubt ?? :~)
Report Post »forestnomad
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:33amSo, specifically, what ‘regulation’ is preventing you from ‘competing’?
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:16amTry to build a bakery and make money. I had to close mune because of idiotic rules that were unnessasary and burdomsome. The regulations are beyond stupid. All wrapped around food safety bull crap. You dont have a clue do you? Wake up! We lived in America for how many years without the FDA? You sir are a fool.
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:40amI had to close my company last year because of absurd rules and regulations enacted by the Obama administration. The guy next door to me had to do the same thing, different business, all new rules. The Constitution speaks of “regulate commerce” meaning “to make regular” NOT placing regulations to slow or halt commerce. Why do corporations ship jobs overseas? Cheaper labor, cheaper tariffs = over regulation. Basic example, seat belt laws. Essentially unconstitutional. The Constitution gives me the right to be stupid! The first American car to come standard with seat belts was the ‘64 1/2 Mustang, and that was window dressing to make it more “racer” style car, it was nothing more than a re-skinned Ford Falcon with a small V-8 or straight 6. Now seat belts, air bags and alll other sorts of Gov’t regulations have followed, do they make driving safer? Yes, at what cost? Mexican radiators, Chinese dash boards and seat belts made in Korea! Keep them regulations coming folks, we have to be on an even playing field!
Report Post »forestnomad
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:12pmDustyluv… So you are saying you couldn’t keep your bakery open due to “unnecessary and burdensome regulations”?
Then how is it that so many OTHER bakeries are open and able to comply with those same regulations while also making a profit?
Sounds like you are blaming someone else for your failure.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:55pmYou need to understand the evil of Obama regulations, they are designed to put the mom and pop places out of business while pumping billions to the rich mega corporations owned by rich powerful democrats that contribute money to Obama’s crime cartel.
Report Post »Matrix22
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 2:14pmDemint.Disciple…how about the mountains of regulations that limit purchasing homes other than your own! I’m an aspiring real estate investor, and it is nearly impossible to obtain rental property unless you have a mountain of money. In their attempt to “protect” the American people from bad investing, the new limitations have actually created a situation where it will no longer be profitable or even possible for the “little guy” to enter. It was only out of shear stubbornness and probably blind stupidity that I was able to buy my first home, which I promptly hired several crews to repair, took an abandoned home off the foreclosure market, and improved the property values of that house and its neighbors. Unfortunately, the knee jerk reaction from govn’t is to simply make it harder and harder to get into the business, which means, as the Dems claim to hate, the “rich get richer while the poor get poorer”. I swear, most libs don’t understand the concept of “unintended consequences.” Not only that, but my accountant just informed me that I now will be required to give a 1099 to ANYONE that I pay over $600 to, causing me more paperwork, time, and useless bureaucracy.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 2:58pmI was forced to sell my business when government changed the classification on over half of our product line from ‘Medical Device’ to ‘Cotton’ products. The company did survive without me, but the only way they were able to do it was to send more of the manufacturing to China. I suppose Krugman likes this too!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:22amWe not only have a ruling class we have a Pundit Class. This is Pundit Class looking down its nose at us mere peasants. Krugman sees America as a nation of mental patients.
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:28amPaul Krugman is presented to us as an intellectual. Nothing could be further from the truth. This guy writes article after article of nonsensical drivel. America is not about competition? Really? Sounds like what Steve Cohen said last week. If you repeat the lie long enough, people will start to believe it.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Sharpton vs. Limbaugh video
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:37amThis guy is nuts. How do people like this ever get legit jobs in writing? The most view TV programs are American Idol, survivor, The Bachelor, and that little thing called the SUPER BOWL. Absolutely no competition at all in American life. Capitalism has nothing to do with competition either huh? The anti-monopoly laws are just there to make it fair or to make sure there is competition in the market?
This guy is a joke and why does anyone give him any money for his opinion?
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:38amThe left doesn‘t like competition because they can’t compete.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
CatB
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:38amIf you say so commrade Krugman. Geez these guys really are commies.
Report Post »exdem
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:43amKrugmann and Kucinich look like they come from the same little men with pointy ears planet. Why do we give these morons a platform or elect to our government? Hopefully Colin Powell is right and the people know too much now and we can rid our government and media of these progressives traitors.
Report Post »hickoryrat
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:02amI swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man,nor ask another man to live for mine.
Report Post »…….John Galt
hickoryrat
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:04amAll freedom lovers should read ATLAS Shrugged.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:05amIt’s not all bad for Mr. Krugman….I’m sure that he was heartened by the Chinese pianist who played his little “Anti-American” diddy at the White House State dinner the other night. This moron is not a real economist anyhow. He is just another useful “tool” employed by the New York Times to encourage Progressives and look down their noses at the “little people”. I’m still sorry that Krugman is “kinda sad”, though. Hey, Krugman! Ya know what makes me sad?? YOU do!!!!! Maybe we should just chuck on over to “Mamby-Pamby” Land and see if we can find you some self-confidence, ya jackwagon!!! Tissue….?? Crybaby…….
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:06amKrugman is to economics
Report Post »what Jeffery Dahmer was to home health care.
DashRipRock
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:08amThis lack of desire for competition in Krugman may explain
WHY HE HAS NO READERS AND WILL BE GOING THE WAY OF OLBERMAN SOON.
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:04amWhy does anybody listen to this idiot? I DON’T GET IT! HE’S CLEARLY NOT A ECONOMIST!
BurntHills
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:16amyou are SO correct.
Report Post »48
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:25amOh I’m sure America is not about competition to him, he’s a good example of someone who doesnt have a clue how to compete.
Report Post »forestnomad
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:32amDid you not understand his basic premise?
It was NOT that competition has no place in the existing hybrid capitalistic system – it is that within the CURRENT MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT there isn’t the aggregate demand needed within many industries to spur large-scale capital investment. He isn’t commenting on individual businesses or the local grocery stores – obviously there is, and will always be, a base level of competition. What is keeping us from going forward is the reticence,
To his point, why would you invest in building another factory if you can’t keep the one you have running at full capacity?
Look at it this way, if you run a huge company, you have been laying off workers – while at the same time making excellent profits. If your factory is only running at 80% capacity, the driving factor is NOT that your market share has decreased, it is scaling down your business while still reaping profits. He isn’t professing socialism with that statement, he is simply saying that, in this environment, competition isn’t the main current driving factor in investment – it’s the output gap best manifested as high unemployment.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:51amKrugman:
Report Post »-”CEO lays off a large part of its work force… it’s a success”
Keep in mind these jackwagons will use the same twisted logic in Obamacare:
“ Doctor pulls grandmothers plug — it’s a success”
101
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:00amWho the hell are these people? I really have never seen or heard them and wouldn’t waste a second of my time concerned with what they had to say!
Blaze come on you can do better!
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:20amHave you noticed, so many of these intellectual professors (ha-ha) are dumbed down? Or are they smart enough to try to make us dumbed-down? And these are the people we are letting teach our children? The truth is: “It’s what you learn, after you know it all, that counts.”
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:38amKrugman is one person with an opinion and column to spout his rhetoric,nothing more everybody.Do any of you read his column?then way give credence to it on tha Blaze.
Some of us have figured out why the Blaze does it,to keep us fired up,I don‘t know about you but I’m tired of being fired up,I do what I have to for my part to bring back this country and some of it involve’s “Critical Thinking”,try it you might like it.
Report Post »abc
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:05pmKrugman did NOT mean to say that America isn’t about competition. He is saying that the American GOVERNMENT is not about competition. It is about addressing market failure and focusing on things that are valued by society that companies do not care about, like moving toward full employment, like having social goods like public education and clean air or water. And he deftly points out that US corporations were not holding back on investment because Obama was anti-business, but because there is not enough demand to justify putting the $2T to work in US-based capital investment projects, so unemployment will remain a problem for a long while. The problem is that the other guests are not economists and talk about things from a political perspective (e.g., Dowd talking a lot about symbols, Will talking about how the public ended up blaming government for the failings and mistakes of private Wall Street banks), which is to say that they DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. It is very sad to me that those who understand the problems say nothing, while those who know little speak so much. The problems with the US economy should have been addressed by top tier economists, who were overwhelmingly in favor of much larger stimulus, rather than know-nothing politicians who wanted to simply take advantage of problems or ignore them to benefit in short-term election cycles. This is the problem with America’s democracy. It is too short-term, and driven by people who do not know what they are talking (or voting) about. China’s dictatorship, while in the long-run a far inferior form of government to ours, is making us look like a bunch of incompetent fools. And you understand why when you listen to discussions like this–not to mention the misleading headlines on blogs like this one.
Report Post »WTH
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:07pmThese are the same types of people that Obama puts around himself. People who don’t think America is competitive/innovative and think the government is the only way to create jobs. Krugman should know all about competition, becasue he gets his butt kick by real economists everyday. Amanpour wouldn’t know news unless it happened under her nose….wait it did in Arizona and she still didn’t see it. Her and that Sheriff’s hateful rhetoric made that shooting victim threaten a Tea Party founder, but I guess that isn’t news. Two new words for this era of demolibersocialcommunism:
Hypocralyptic
Deuchepocalypse
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:55pmKrugman is the mental patient, what a total liberal nut this guy is.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 2:41pm“Krugman: America Isn’t About Competition”
Ok, let’s try some reason and logic here for a moment. A well-known lefty makes a stupid statement, and then before you know it there’s a long line of lefties trying to out-do the first stupid statement in an attempt to also become a well-known lefty. This is called COMPETITION. It’s not exactly the competition we normal Americans enjoy, but it does prove the point about how wrong Krugman is!
I hear that Krugman is pushing for the NFL to consider NOT keeping score at this years Super-Bowl.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 2:43pmDashRipRock
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:06am
“Krugman is to economics
what Jeffery Dahmer was to home health care.”
Killer example!
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 2:48pmabc
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:05pm
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Comrade Obama will look upon your comments with favor. Stay to the Communist party line, you will go far in our new world order.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 3:26pmSome plastic surgeons SHOULD compete to see who can give that guy an “Ear Job”…scary!
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 3:50pm@Forestnomad:
Go to the head of the class!
Krugman isn’t saying that competition has no place in a capitalist economy, he‘s saying that for US firms to become more globally competitive does little good if it’s done by laying off American workers.
Report Post »abc
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 4:54pmClick4, what did I say that was “communist”? Do you even know what the word means??
Report Post »mdlwoods
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 5:42pmWouldn’t that be a “God-complex” which is a clinically diagnosed mental illness???? Where are the men in the white coats!!!! Sheesh, they all need to be mentally evaluated and then transported to the nice place with the pretty lawns and flowers and bars on the windows and padded rooms…..
Report Post »TexasBlooz
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 7:42pmMaybe Klugman needs to realize America is just not about the NY Time/Economists that run their head and babble on incessantly.. Could explain why no one spends money to read that rag…
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 7:46pmWhen you are a loser at life, you don’t like competition. I have asked before and ask again, how does this idiot have a job when he is wrong over and over.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 8:18pmMan, I really dislike this idiot … I wish nothing but bad things upon him.
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:33pm@ ForestNomad
Report Post »It is you who misunderstand Krugman, and the entire subject of macroeconomics, for that matter, you Keynesian buffoon. Demand and supply are interrelated, which you quickly forget when you prescribe demand-side “solutions” which have never worked. For you, I prescribe more heritage foundation, less socialist (yes he IS) Krugman articles.
@ABC
It is You who knows not what you are talking about. The stimulus WAS prescribed by “top tier economists”, the problem was that they were all Keynesians, and thus believed in the fairy tale theory of government producing wealth. For you I prescribe a healthy dose of your own medicine (silence on all economic topics), and also baby steps on the heritage.com primer pages.
DisillusionedDaily
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:47pmKrugman is an eliteist and a propagandist! He would have gotten along fine in the right setting. Here are some quotes he just might agree with..
How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don’t think.
Adolf Hitler
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.
Adolf Hitler
It is not truth that matters, but victory.
Adolf Hitler
Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.
Adolf Hitler
The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.
Adolf Hitler
The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
Report Post »Adolf Hitler
cromag11b
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 11:45amSo you would include the almighty Beck in the Pundit category right?
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