Hey Turtle Head:
I'd rather hang out with Paul Krugman (be still my heart) and Robert Reich than that pasty doughy drug addict Limpballs any day.
Mitch McConnell was speaking at one of the many welfare-for-righties-don't-think tanks (I believe it was the heritage foundation) and asked a question, "Who wants to hang out with guys like Paul Krugman and Robert Reich, when you can be with Rush Limbaugh?" I'm not sure about the composition of his audience. Was it mostly neocon men and why they would want to hang out with an uneducated, ignorant, lying drug addict?
I would love to hang out, have lunch or just listen to a lecture by Paul Krugman or Robert Reich. But then I always go for the intelligent guy every time. Brains, humor and being a mensch are a lethal combination for a lot of women. Being a big, loud, doughy, angry addict is not attractive.
I enjoy reading a Krugman or Reich column or watching them on television. I only wish they were on more, didn't have to suffer the likes of stupid people like George Wills and given longer segments. It's so refreshing to listen to someone who actually understands economics and can explain how we got into this mess and how we can get out. Yhey rely on facts to form their ideas. What a concept! But what really does it for me is everything they predicted has happened. They seems to be right all the time. How rare is that on talking head shows?
So give me a room full of Krugman, Reich, Feingold, Greyson, Franken, and Jon Stewart. I could throw in a lot of intelligent interesting women like Elizabeth Warren and Barbara Boxer and have the start of a great party. I'm sure there are many others but I have to stop this fantasizing. But no one like Rush or any of the limbot wannabes would be invited. They'd just trash the place, ruin the party and expect us to pay for the damages.