DOES PAUL KRUGMAN READ THE FACTS MACHINE?

Eh, probably not. But this is fun anyway...

Me, sunday:

...[Y]ou can make that argument [that Bush is a racist] regarding his recess appointment of cross-burning apologist Charles Pickering to the Federal bench. I don't think Bush is an out-and-out racist, as in that he hates people of other colors. However I do think that Bush really likes the votes he gets from hideous racists, and whether that's just as bad is a judgement call for you to make. (I think it's pretty damn bad)

And now today's Krugman:

But some Americans will respond to upbeat messages, no matter how unrealistic. And that may be enough for Mr. Bush, because while he poses as someone above the fray, he is continuing to solidify his base.

The most sinister example was the recess appointment of Charles Pickering Sr., with his segregationist past and questionable record on voting rights, to the federal appeals court — the day after Martin Luther King's actual birthday. Was this careless timing? Don't be silly: it was a deliberate, if subtle, gesture of sympathy with a part of the Republican coalition that never gets mentioned in public.

I self-promote, you decide. (: