|
New York Times November 25, 2003
The Uncivil War
By PAUL KRUGMAN OP-ED
COLUMNIST
[or try your local library]
Excerpt--
... It was predictable that the administration and its allies, no longer very successful at claiming that
questioning the president is unpatriotic, would use appeals to good manners as a way to silence critics. Not, mind you, that
Emily Post has taken over the Republican Party: the same people who denounce liberal incivility continue to impugn the motives
of their opponents. ...
More important, the Bush administration — which likes to portray itself as the inheritor of Reagan-like optimism
— actually has a Nixonian habit of demonizing its opponents.
For example, here's President Bush on critics of his economic policies: "Some say, well, maybe the recession should have
been deeper. It bothers me when people say that." Because he used the word "some," he didn't literally lie — no doubt
a careful search will find someone, somewhere, who says the recession should have been deeper. But he clearly intended to
suggest that those who disagree with his policies don't care about helping the economy.
And that's nothing compared with the tactics now being used on foreign policy. ...
|
 |
|
|
FAIR USE NOTICE |
|
| |
This site contains copyrighted material
the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available
in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social
justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section
107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain
permission from the copyright owner. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|