Krugman On The Anatomy On A Smear

Paul Krugman explains the big picture behind the right-wing smear of 12-year-old Graeme Frost and his family. All in all, the Graeme Frost case is a
By Steve Benen — October 11, 2007

Paul Krugman explains the big picture behind the right-wing smear of 12-year-old Graeme Frost and his family.

All in all, the Graeme Frost case is a perfect illustration of the modern right-wing political machine at work, and in particular its routine reliance on character assassination in place of honest debate. If service members oppose a Republican war, they’re “phony soldiers”; if Michael J. Fox opposes Bush policy on stem cells, he’s faking his Parkinson’s symptoms; if an injured 12-year-old child makes the case for a government health insurance program, he’s a fraud.

Meanwhile, leading conservative politicians, far from trying to distance themselves from these smears, rush to embrace them. And some people in the news media are still willing to be used as patsies.

Someone in the media had to say it; I'm glad it was Krugman.

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