American exceptionalism:
We’ve always known that America’s reign as the world’s greatest nation would eventually end. But most of us imagined that our downfall, when it came, would be something grand and tragic.
What we’re getting instead is less a tragedy than a deadly farce.
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How bad is it? It’s so bad that I miss Newt Gingrich.
~ Paul Krugman; New York Times, Feb 7, 2010
I miss quaaludes.
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