Paul Krugman says that the demonstrators outside the GOP Convention  — for instance the ones who knocked a policeman  unconscious, or assaulted GOP delegates near their hotels or going to theatres, or screamed insanely at Cheney inside the hall — were not the ones fomenting hate.

That angry spirit was inside the convention (Zell Miller), at least on Planet Paul. Krugman at this point has become so enveloped with the Michael Moore view of the world, that he sees the banker from Missouri, or the farmer from Montana, or an accountant from Texas, who might be a GOP delegate, as more hateful than the Progressive Labor Party or  LaRouchie maniacs demonstrating in the streets. The Hate Bush Club flocks together....

Posted by Richard  9 3 04