Famed New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, shouting “I’m just as sane as any other liberal,” was dragged off to Bellevue Mental Hospital this morning after it became clear he had gone stark, raving mad.
“If you want my professional opinion, he’s as loony as a June bug,” declared Dr. Ishmael Ahab, Director of Clinical Psychiatry at the famed institution. “Right now, he’s resting comfortably in our deluxe ‘rubber room’ where he’ll stay until his symptoms moderate.
Dr. Ahab said those symptoms included paranoid delusions, frothing at the mouth, excessive talking, and according to sources “barking like a sick puppy at the moon.”
Daniel Okrent, readers representative for the Times said that Krugman’s current column entitled “What’s Going On” in which Krugman posits the theory that Christian conservatives are going to start assassinating liberals will not be pulled from later editions.
“Just because he’s nuts doesn’t mean he’s wrong,” said Okrent. “We run stuff from loons all the time. Look at Maureen Dowd”
Okrent is referring to another well-known Times columnist who, while not declared officially insane, is reportedly under 24 hour suicide watch due to a lack of sex and a hatred of men.
Krugman’s column, which appears in newspapers nationwide, gives several clues as to how the famed liberal’s mind slowly degenerated into what Dr. Ahab calls “a persistent moonbat state or PMS.”
The Doctor points to these excerpts as classic symptoms of PMS:
One thing that’s going on is a climate of fear for those who try to enforce laws that religious extremists oppose. Randall Terry, a spokesman for Terri Schiavo’s parents, hasn’t killed anyone, but one of his former close associates in the anti-abortion movement is serving time for murdering a doctor. George Greer, the judge in the Schiavo case, needs armed bodyguards.
Another thing that’s going on is the rise of politicians willing to violate the spirit of the law, if not yet the letter, to cater to the religious right…
And the future seems all too likely to bring more intimidation in the name of God and more political intervention that undermines the rule of law.
The religious right is already having a big impact on education: 31 percent of teachers surveyed by the National Science Teachers Association feel pressured to present creationism-related material in the classroom.
But medical care is the cutting edge of extremism….
“Classic case of PMS,” said the Doctor. “Notice the wild charges made with no evidence to back them up. Also, note the distortions, the fantasies, and the general tone of danger in the disconnected and rather insipid prose.”
Ahab also pointed to this excerpt that shows where the columnist truly “went around the bend,” and “screwed the pooch:”
America isn’t yet a place where liberal politicians, and even conservatives who aren’t sufficiently hard-line, fear assassination. But unless moderates take a stand against the growing power of domestic extremists, it can happen here.
According to sources at the Times, representatives in white coats from Bellevue were dispatched to haul Krugman away after he accused a co-worker of sabotaging his tinfoil hat by making the antenna pick up signals from Karl Rove’s office at the White House. While pummeling the co-worker – rumored to be Times house conservative David Brooks – Krugman was heard to scream “What’s the frequency, Kenneth,” time and time again while foam and drool oozed from the side of his mouth.
Another source reported hearing several dog-like barks coming from Krugman as he wrestled with the Bellevue attendants who were attempting to put him in a strait jacket.
Dr. Ahab did not appear optimistic about a quick recovery.” These things take time,” he said. “What Paul needs most is a lot of rest. Perhaps, in time, with the right mix of drugs and therapy, we can bring him back to reality.”
The Times claims that there are no plans to replace Krugman in the paper’s regular rotation of columnists. “Why should we,” said a source. “The fact that he’s crazy may make his columns more interesting. At least they’ll be unpredictable.”
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9:14 am
In today’s NY Times, Paul Krugman is, even moreso than usual, beneath contempt:The religious right is already having a big impact on education: 31 percent of teachers surveyed by the National Science Teachers Association feel pressured to present crea…
9:27 am
He has lost it! Barking like a sick puppy at the moon! LOL
11:47 am
lol
1:39 pm
So long as the concept of justice exists, there is a higher law to which those who act under the colour of law will answer.
Those who seek to flout that higher law, will always seek to find convenient scape-goats to blame: last time it was on this topic, the Jews were to blame, now, it seems it is the Christians and people whose conscience yet stirs.
So, Mr Krugmann needs to answer: why was there such a rush to put this woman to death in so horrible a manner, in the teeth of persistent questions from competent sources? And if such questions have not been properly addressed, why is there such a rush to project the most contemptible motives on those who ask them?
FOR SHAME!
2:22 pm
Krugman is Doctor WEFT- Wrong Every Friggen Time. If only he would give investment advice- a fortune could be made shorting his buy recs. It must get frustrating watching reality slapping your theories and predictions in the face.
2:25 pm
I’m cracking up. Krugmann most likely needs a body guard for himself, but it has nothing to do with religious extremist, and everything to do with those that would “kill” fellow humans because their life has “no worth”.
2:32 pm
Krugman Loses It
Superhawk at Right Wing Nut House is saddened to report that Paul Krugman has
3:13 pm
I just loved that you included Karl Rove on this one, lol…good job.
3:44 pm
Well since Krugman is screaming for his liberal rights, I think we ought to oblige him in front of one of his liberal judges and—
—remove the feeding tube.
Starvation and dehydration is painless you know!
4:58 pm
Congratulations on this post, Superhawk. It is generating some monster traffic.
6:16 pm
Perhaps he can share a room with Jay “Mengele” Nordlinger.
6:58 pm
“domestic extremists” who embrace death over life are how we got here in the first place.
8:06 pm
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10:20 pm
Paul Krugman, Around the Bend
We’re not the first to this party, but, hey, it’s never too late to pile on Paul Krugman. Rightwing Nuthouse…
10:42 pm
You know the women in Afghanistan never thought religious extremist could take over until they woke up one morning to find themselves out of work and shoved into burkas. Just because we’re talking about Christianity doesn’t mean it cannot get extrem.
2:15 am
The Enemy of My Enemy…
the enemy of our friend is still our enemy. Yet we are all brethren under the same flag. Reciprocal tolerance is afforded accordingly. And although folks like Krugman and his fellows in the ranks of Old Busted Media choose to ignor the facts, the cur…
3:25 am
What are you talking about? Afghanistan already had its share of Islamic extremists before the Taliban, and it still does. The Taliban were just enforcing what many already practised in an extreme measure. Many women still wear the burkha traditional dress. Whatever you feel about this issue there is no comparison with wanting to keep a disabled woman alive and stoning women in public for going outside without a male escort.
4:25 am
I don’t think Mr. Krugman should write article’s while off his medication
6:47 am
Extremism Alert – Pot Calls Kettle Black
Hugh Hewitt (tipped off by Right Wing Nuthouse, whose satire I like already), pours well-deserved derision on Paul Krugman… Trust us Paul, we’re on it. Thanks for the tip. That’s why we’re singling you out. Extremism comes in many flavors. But whi…
12:50 pm
President Bush’s Popularity.
Liberal blogs are giddy at what they believe is a negative political fallout for President Bush and Republicans over the past couple of weeks. The media polls seem to indicate that the American public, collectively, is irritated that certain officials…
5:59 pm
Good job SH! I’ve always thought that the main reason loser Lefties like to claim that it was the CIA or the military or a cabal of oilmen or whatever who assassinated JFK is because they don’t want to face the truth: that their beloved icon was killed by a radical left-winger like Lee Harvey Oswald.
6:12 pm
Krugman Rounds the Bend
That’s Superhawk’s diagnosis over at Right Wing Nuthouse, based on the latest column from the Times’ supposed oped columnist on economic matters. According to sources at the Times, representatives in white coats from Bellevue were dispatched to haul…
6:27 pm
Yes, It has come to this: New York Times hiring writers who suffer from paranoid schizophrenia like Krugman and Dowd. Clearly , living in New York has taken its toll. Perhaps if the Democrats can reelect another sociopath the NYT writers can be taken out of the rubber room and just take their daily dose of Thorazine. What a world!
6:29 pm
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2:25 am
Krugman Leaves Times For NRO
(or) Invasion of the Headline Snatchers If you’re reading this, there may still be hope for mankind, though I doubt it. I know it’s too late for me. Please, just always try to remember – my name is Paul Krugman
10:19 am
plese add me to your e-mail list!
2:09 pm
Paul Krugman
It was bound to happen. See here.
5:11 pm
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3:59 pm
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11:00 pm
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