Krugman on Bush’s Short Attention Span
A really nice editorial from the New York Times’ Paul Krugman today: Conquest and neglect. A sample:
One has to admit that the Bush people are very good at conquest, military and political. They focus all their attention on an issue; they pull out all the stops; they don’t worry about breaking the rules. This technique brought them victory in the Florida recount battle, the passage of the 2001 tax cut, the fall of Kabul, victory in the midterm elections, and the fall of Baghdad.But after the triumph, when it comes time to take care of what they’ve won, their attention wanders, and things go to pot.
The piece goes on to tie together the Bush record on foreign adventures with his record on fixing the economy at home, and finds an identical pattern. Krugman’s conclusion:
The scary thing is that this slash-and-burn approach to governing may continue to work for Mr. Bush’s people because the initial triumphs get all the headlines. Unfortunately, the rest of the world has to live in the wreckage they leave behind.
April 11th, 2003 at 5:15 pm
there are those who get things done and those who never fail to whine about actions of others
the bush bashing really brought all the pillars of “wisdom” to the surface where we can now see it clearly shine, like shit in daylight. I guess there is nothing new under the sun.