http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7478/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/more-flimflammery-pompous-paul-krugman-no-ad-hominem-attacks-here <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Krugman has an announcement for his credulous Times readers: Constantly (and embarrassingly) calling a serious conservative politician a &quot;flimflam&quot; man is not an ad hominem attack; accurately calling Paul Krugman a &quot;former Enron consultant&quot; is. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Perhaps columnist Paul Krugman's just feeling a little touchy. After all, the Tax Policy Center, his own liberal source for his Friday attack on Rep. Paul "<a href="/timeswatch/articles/2010/20100806022929.aspx">flimflam man</a>" Ryan's spending-cut roadmap toward a balanced budget, actually <a href="http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/blog/_archives/2010/8/6/4598007.html">refuted</a> his attack.<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/more-flimflammery-pompous-paul-krugman-no-ad-hominem-attacks-here" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch AdHominem Budget Economics Gaffes Hypocrisy liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias PaulKrugman PaulRyan TimesWatch Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:15:00 +0000 admin 7757 at http://archive2.mrc.org