Nobel winner Paul Krugman meets President Bush.
By on Nov 24th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Nobel winner Paul Krugman meets President Bush.
In October, New York Times columnist and ardent Bush critic Paul Krugman was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics “for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.” In the Oval Office today, President Bush congratulated Krugman, along with two other Nobel Award winners:
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I saw this and said “Echhh.”
I wouldn’t walk across the street to see George W. Bush, unless it was to spit on him. Krugman…you didn’t have to go.
Eh.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:34 pmKrugan perhaps came to look around, he might be a regular visitor in the future…
November 24th, 2008 at 6:39 pm.
I hope Paul Krugman thanked Bush for F’ing things up enough to make Krugman correct.
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November 24th, 2008 at 6:42 pmI am certain that the event turned W into Frosty the Snowman. It must be hard to eat crow and smile at the same time.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:50 pmAs usual, George Bush is the stupid looking one in the picture.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:56 pmPoor man. What an ordeal.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:00 pmI wonder what nickname Mr. Bush gave him…
November 24th, 2008 at 7:17 pmI see a picture of three very smart people and one dufus. Too bad that the dufus is the most powerful person in the world. It looks as though Bush is drinking again…
November 24th, 2008 at 7:18 pmIt looks as though Bush is drinking again…
Again?
November 24th, 2008 at 7:21 pmWhat to drink to get rid of that bittersweet taste..
November 24th, 2008 at 7:22 pmAgain?
Well, in between breaths anyway…Maybe I should have wrote “still”?
November 24th, 2008 at 7:23 pmSince Bush started his Corrupt Policies Paul has called him out and told anyone who would listen this would happen. Bush now smiles that the man who could have save his legacy. Talk about looking stupid and the true idiot he is, no wonder Daddy Bush is always crying about his drunk/drug son George W.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:28 pmI’m betting that Mr. Krugman passed on calling Bush a moron, as W wouldn’t know what the word meant, and would just reply with that silly laugh of his.
57 more days…they can’t pass quickly enough.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:28 pmI’ll bet that just made Krugman’s day.
I still think that Obama should have made Krugman Treasury Secretary.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:30 pmEat crow? Why would Bush have to eat crow?
Are you suggesting Bush considers himself in any way beholden to the Reality-Based™ Universe?
First I’ve heard of it.
November 24th, 2008 at 7:32 pmI guess he really had to go, though I think I would have called in with a migraine, mumps, TB, Ebola, something. Really bad Chinese food????
November 24th, 2008 at 8:00 pmI wonder if Paul had the chance to call Dubya a “Dumbass”? I’d like to.
November 24th, 2008 at 8:05 pmThe only reason Paul went was that at that time he had planned something more important. He was planning on waxing his car, but it rained, so he said “What the hell”
November 24th, 2008 at 8:09 pmI’m sure once the reporters left the room, Krugman walloped the back of Bush’s head causing George’s hair to fly forward. I wished we had seen it.
November 24th, 2008 at 8:30 pmBush’s face is all puffy again, sure sign of a drunk.
But the MSM will argue “that’s just Bush being himself. He’s comfortable in his own skin, especially with a bottle of Jack Daniels. Wait! Forget we said that! Nothing to see here! Move on!”.
November 24th, 2008 at 8:35 pmYa know, this could have been a great chance for the President to ask the world’s leading economist for some hints on what needs to be done with the economy.
Too bad Obama wasn’t there.
November 24th, 2008 at 8:57 pmKrugman’s reacting like stupidity is contagious.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:13 pmI hope Paul got some of that hand sanitizer squirted on his hand Bush might not have sanitized sufficiently
November 24th, 2008 at 9:18 pmI wish to note that Dr. Paul Krugman has a PhD. He also is a Nobel Laureate.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:00 pmDana Perino said: ‘Paul who? Krugman, NO,the president didn’t meet with him. Next question.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:30 pmNO,the president didn’t meet with him
I believe it. If you look closely, the shrub was obviously photoshopped in…
November 24th, 2008 at 11:06 pmkonchster Says:
I hope Paul got some of that hand sanitizer squirted on his hand Bush might not have sanitized sufficiently
<Daddy-O Says:
ha ha
Good one…!
November 24th, 2008 at 11:09 pmPaul Krugmann would be a great one to have around the Obama whitehosue.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:30 pmPaul Krugmann will be a busy guy pretty soon, I am sure. So glad to see him get the prize! I wanted him for Treasury too, but maybe he can do more good as an adviser.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:48 pmAre you drunk again?
November 25th, 2008 at 12:17 amIt’s like a caption contest!
November 25th, 2008 at 12:33 amBush isn’t shaking Krugman’s hand, he’s holding his wrist! Like he’s keeping him from reaching in his pocket! For what, we may never know…
November 25th, 2008 at 12:55 amNo, he’s grabbing his butt. My bad.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:56 amPeter Schiff Was Right 2006 – 2007 (2nd Edition)
November 25th, 2008 at 5:22 amhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/kristol-wrongly-impugns-e_n_146144.html
What could they possibly have to say to each other? I’m sure the conversation was very brief.
November 25th, 2008 at 6:13 amAnonymouse Says:
I wonder what nickname Mr. Bush gave him… Turd Blossom was already used, so I’m sure it was something like “Crudman”
November 25th, 2008 at 6:40 amI get the impression that Krugman’s too nice to have enjoyed the meeting much. I also get the impression that Nobel K is wearing a rug, which is interesting in a man who is so good at telling the truth.
November 25th, 2008 at 8:36 amSmartypants?
November 25th, 2008 at 8:45 amLooks like no one bothered to tell Bush that Krugman won the Nobel prize for proving that Republican economic theory is full of shit.
November 25th, 2008 at 9:59 amNo, that was his nickname for Al Gore.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:01 amI look at that picture and I can think of only one word, “awkward.”
November 25th, 2008 at 10:07 amDid Bush “WOW” them by telling the story about how he made Cs and got to be prez ?
Did they discuss “My Pet Goat” ?
November 25th, 2008 at 10:42 amthe Lone Voice of Reason Says:
“What could they possibly have to say to each other? I’m sure the conversation was very brief.”
Bush: “Is a brazilian more or less than a trillion?”
November 25th, 2008 at 11:17 amKrugman: “Gotta go! Thanks for having me!”
Krugman congratulated the President on being named “King of the Sewer.”
November 26th, 2008 at 12:03 pmIt is sad to see a historically venerable institution such as the Nobel Committee discredit itself over the last several years by embracing overtly leftist ideologies rather than staying neutral. This is the same Nobel committee that ignored the accomplishments of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. I was beginning to think that it was only outside the realm of the physical sciences and medicine (for just literature and peace) the Nobel no longer commanded the respect and admiration it did at one time. But the prize in medicine this year (for breakthroughs in AIDS research) went to three Europeans – two of them French – when the most world renowned researcher is an American, Michael Gottlieb.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:00 pmThe liberal media now laughs as Krugman joins the ranks of Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter and Al Gore (two anti-Semites, one snake oil salesman and now a political hack whose new career is criticizing all things conservative and Republican for the New York Times.) Nominating Krugman was a blatantly obvious ploy to influence the US elections. Brace yourself; next in line will be Michael Moore for literature, Osama Bin Laden for peace, Hugo Chavez for economics, Vladimir Putin for physics and Fidel Castro for an all new category – Great Boatlifts.
The Nobel Committee is a bunch of ultra liberal pseudo intellectuals who would be speaking Nazi German if America had not saved their worthless butts – twice! This is more proof that the selection committee is made up of shameless liberals. The unbelievably disgraceful comments made by the chairman when handing Jimmy Carter his prize, in addition to the mind boggling, orbital bloviating when Al Gore won, are proof positive these guys are borderline Marxists. Who can take them seriously now?