Unlike those who thought Clint Eastwood and the whole RNC convention were a distraction, Paul Krugman found these to be highly informative clues about the base of the Republican Party, reports Bonnie Kavoussi, in Paul Krugman: Republican Party's Base 'Is By And Large Elderly White People Arguing With Empty Chairs.
Paul Krugman really appreciated Clint Eastwood's performance at the Republican National Convention, since he thinks it highlighted a larger truth about the Republican Party.
"The Republican Party is where it is because that's where the base is," Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." "And you watched that whole primary process; Republican candidates had to appeal to their base, which is by and large elderly white people arguing with empty chairs." ...
Though some critics have called the Republican and Democratic National Conventions political theater, Krugman said he found the conventions to be "enormously informative" and "extremely effective educational programs." ... "We saw the implosion of Paul Ryan," Krugman said, "because people got to see him speaking at length on national TV."
As the public gets to know Lyin Ryan he seems to be dragging Romney's campaign down, as he seems totally unqualified to be President, reminding voters of Sarah Palin.
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