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In reply to the discussion: Leave Discussionist Alone. [View all]CTyankee
(63,942 posts)to our way of thinking. That's largely because the chickens came home to roost on the Iraq War big time and we were proved right. Just recently the "Mediscare" scenario came crashing down and even Joe Scarborough had to eat crow on his show. I watched that cackling with delight! Krugman had a nice column in the NYT today on it, but he was kind, altho firm.
But I was recently debating a RW friend of ours who was visiting us and I noticed how his arguments drifted into delusion. At that point, I realized that the guy had pretty much lost touch with reality and was quite literally babbling. It was then that I felt true pity. His wife just sat there, pretty much embarrassed at the disaster he was making of himself. I actually tried to make him feel better by changing the subject and lightening up on the poor guy.