While waiting in the Forbes on Fox studios this morning, I caught a video of Barack Obama talking up his stimulus plan. Did you watch it? Obama said he'd use the best recovery ideas from any source, Democratic or Republican. “If Paul Krugman has a good idea, we’ll use it.” Obama mispronounced Krugman’s name as "Kruggman" instead of "Kroogman"--with an emphasis on the “ugg.”Does Karlgaard have something here?
In other words, I thought I heard Obama dissing Paul Krugman. How wonderful is that?
Krugman's name is an easy name to mispronounce, on the other hand, Obama has a track record of subtle disses in public. Diss or mispronunciation, it appears that Obama is not close to Krugman, not a bad thing, given Krugman's command and control recommendations for the economy.
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