Arguably, the current state of the Republican Party is such that only extreme narcissists have a chance of getting nominated.
I suppose a lot of things are "arguable," like whether Governor Mike Huckabee, who is both one of the least narcissistic people walking the Earth and the runner-up in this weekend's Iowa Straw Poll of Republican candidates, has a chance of getting nominated. But this is just Krugman being Krugman. What caught my eye was the next statement:
To be a serious presidential contender, after all, you have to be a fairly smart guy — and nobody has accused either Mr. Romney or Mr. Giuliani of being stupid.
Really? What Presidential primary contest is he watching? Here's what Google has to say on the matter:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=romney+stupid
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=giuliani+stupid
Much of the political commentary surrounding the election will, in some way or another, be the political fringes on the right and the left calling some candidates stupid; that is, when the rhetoric does not rise to the level of calling them "extreme narcissists" in major media outlets.
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As narcissists go, you can't get much more extreme than Bill Clinton.
Is Paul getting Shrill all over again. Let's take the Brad DeLong query - is it Stupidity or Mendacity - and apply it to those free lunch fallacies from Mitt and Rudy. Are they just being stupid? Paul assumes otherwise, which means he has accused them of dishonesty.
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