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Posted by Tyler Cowen on November 25, 2008 at 04:48 PM in Current Affairs | Permalink
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Turdblossom?!
Posted by: at Nov 25, 2008 4:51:15 PM
Krugman: OK, who's the jerk that photoshopped him in here?
Posted by: pants at Nov 25, 2008 4:54:56 PM
Bush: 'And for my last trick, I give you... utter ruin! Get outta that without moving, university boy!'
Posted by: nick at Nov 25, 2008 4:55:37 PM
Yeah, I didn't really like the new guy at first either...
Posted by: Josh at Nov 25, 2008 4:56:05 PM
Bush: "The difference between you and me is that I say one thing and do the opposite. While you say one thing and say the opposite."
Posted by: Rolo Tomasi at Nov 25, 2008 4:58:47 PM
But seriously, you are free for the groundbreaking of my presidential library. Right, Paul?
Posted by: nelsonal at Nov 25, 2008 4:59:57 PM
In two months it's your problem, not mine: "Mission Accomplished"
Posted by: Some Guy at Nov 25, 2008 5:01:53 PM
You won the Nobel Prize? I didn't know you played shortstop...
Posted by: KipEsquire at Nov 25, 2008 5:03:58 PM
"Everyone laughs at farts."
Posted by: Charlie at Nov 25, 2008 5:08:23 PM
GW: "Well, what if your father was a monkey? And his father before him was a monkey? THEN what would you be?"
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You sort of have to know this joke:
A Republican, upon discovering a coworker to be a Democrat, asked "Why would anyone want to be a Democrat?"
"My father was a Democrat," the Democrat responded, "and his father before him was a Democrat."
The Republican laughed. "Well, what if your father was a monkey? And his father before him was a monkey? THEN what would you be?"
And the Democrat said "A Republican."
(Like most political jokes, either or both affiliations may be replaced with any other desired affiliation.)
Posted by: Caliban Darklock at Nov 25, 2008 5:11:23 PM
Condi isn't the only one who can stand at 45 degree angles with enemies.
Posted by: Tony Trepanier at Nov 25, 2008 5:20:18 PM
"There's no business like show business!"
Posted by: Michael at Nov 25, 2008 5:26:54 PM
Krugman almost turned down the Noble Prize when he found out that this moment would be a requirement.
Posted by: Rational at Nov 25, 2008 5:28:10 PM
W: "Well, we do have one thing in common: technically ol' Gore beat us both to a prize."
Posted by: C at Nov 25, 2008 5:36:34 PM
Well, at least we have one thing in common. Obama beat both of our preferred candidates – Hillary Clinton and Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: Ron Barlin at Nov 25, 2008 5:37:18 PM
"Which button is for strafe, again?"
Oops, I thought this was for the flash port of Doom.
Posted by: burgerflipper at Nov 25, 2008 5:37:39 PM
Wow, that's what competence looks like...
Posted by: Martin at Nov 25, 2008 5:42:08 PM
"Say, George, why does Dick Cheney have his hunting rifle?"
Posted by: Josh at Nov 25, 2008 5:43:35 PM
Number 26 on the Freakonomics blog, written by "a student of economics" is by far the best one, and I'll just modify it slightly:
"So I says to Cheney “Duh! Piece-wise continuous functions are ALWAYS Reimann integrable, so just invert the matrix and use a polynomial distributed lag to eliminate the heteroskedasticity! What a lightweight! Heh-heh-heh”
Posted by: Keith at Nov 25, 2008 5:44:11 PM
"Riemann", Mr President.
Posted by: dearieme at Nov 25, 2008 5:53:32 PM
This conclusively proves that is no trap door leading to a shark tank in the oval office.
Posted by: sal at Nov 25, 2008 5:54:02 PM
Bush isn't the only one who stunk up the joint.
And he can't commit his lies (or anything else) to print, at least not while he's in the White House!
and:
Bush never claimed laissez faire caused the Great Depression.
Posted by: Bill Stepp at Nov 25, 2008 6:37:41 PM
(In a Mr. Burns voice): "Excellent! This life size, smiling clone of Paul Krugman is just what the doctor ordered!"
"What do you think of this idea, Paul: we're thinking of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey this year and shooting a prizewinning liberal economist!"
"I like you in profile like this, Paul! Less eye contact!"
"Psst -- hottie at 2 o'clock."
"Well, now that you have the secret Nobel Prize ring of Power, I am sure you too will succumb to the irresistible temptation to use your newfound infinite might to stamp out every ember of hope and love in the hearts of your fellow man and wom--aah,haha, I can't believe how crazy this stock market's been, huh?"
Posted by: mk at Nov 25, 2008 6:42:57 PM
When Krugman lied, no one died.
Posted by: Bill Stepp at Nov 25, 2008 6:45:31 PM
Or:
"You think I'm cool, right?
Posted by: mk at Nov 25, 2008 6:45:44 PM
