Word: krugman
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...latest is that he’s a ruthless political opportunist. Objecting to Bush’s appearance on board the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in a flight suit, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman complains, “The Constitution declares the president commander-in-chief of the armed forces to make it clear that civilians, not the military, hold ultimate authority. That’s why American presidents traditionally make a point of avoiding military affectations...
Comparing Bush to French military general Georges Boulanger, known for his public appearances on horseback and in full military uniform, Krugman explains: “Boulanger became immensely popular. If he hadn’t lost his nerve on the night of the attempted putsch, French democracy might have ended in 1889.” In case the logical connection between Bush donning a flight suit and Boulanger plotting a coup isn’t clear, Krugman slyly asks, “Has ‘man on horseback’ politics come to America...
...analogy seems far-fetched, that’s because it is. Official checks on executive power matter far more than a president’s public “affectations.” The only link between appearing in military uniform and tyrannically taking over the U.S. that Krugman establishes is that Bush might use the stunt to boost his popularity (“Boulanger became immensely popular?...
...media, of course, had a field day lambasting Goodwin and fellow historian Stephen Ambrose for lapses in citation comparable to the one by Krugman above. Perhaps journalists need to take a harder look at their own practices before criticizing academics...
...borrowing a few words here and there from their colleagues. Perhaps I am hyper-sensitized to issues such as this because of my current hybrid identity as both an academic and a journalist (although if that were the case, one might expect the same fastidiousness from Krugman, who happens to be an economist at Princeton in addition to his role at the Times...