Just Who Are the Extremists Here?

Paul Krugman, the furtive, darty-eyed little columnist for the New York Times, says one of the two great U.S. political parties is "going to extreme."

I admit it: I had fun watching right-wingers go wild as health reform finally became law. But a few days later, it doesn’t seem quite as entertaining — and not just because of the wave of vandalism and threats aimed at Democratic lawmakers. For if you care about America’s future, you can’t be happy as extremists take full control of one of our two great political parties.

I admit it: It's fun feeling smarter than a Nobel-winning economist when it comes to understanding the political ramifications of a major political party marching in lock-step off a cliff to follow the demands of its most extreme members. But a few days later, it's hard to be happy with the "glorious mess" that Obamacare is going to make of the country's healthcare system. Unless it is repealed, we are looking at European-level taxes and rationing.

The country's in the very best of hands, the hands of hard left-wing Democrats. They conquered the moderates in their own party and now they will watch them go down in flames in November.

Well, as Lenin said, you've got to break a few eggs to make an omlette. Unfortunately, the Democrats have no pan and no stove. All they've got a big runny mess of raw legislation and a growing majority of people who are telling them, "We ain't eatin' that!"

UPDATE: John McCormack catches the Krugmeister in a bit of hypocrisy.