His run down of the media-hyped timeline is acurate enough...even a broken clock is right twice a day. But as usual, his analysis lacks...err...intelligence. Take this bit from the opening paragraph, for example:
More important, it's an object lesson in what happens when you have one-party rule untrammeled by any quaint notions of independent oversight.What Mr. Krugman missed is the fact that Ken Blackwell pushed for legislation that would have provided the "quaint notion" of independent oversight. The problem: the state legislature didn't act on it.
Krugman fails to note that Ken Blackwell, he's a Republican, Mr. Krugman, has been calling for a federal investigation.
Back to the column for another nugget of "wisdom" from Paul:
The message from Ohio is that long-term dominance by a political machine leads to corruption, regardless of the policies that machine follows or the ideology it claims to represent.This is the sort of sweeping generalization that Lefties tend to (and rightfully so) smack Righties for...if the Ohio GOP would have listened to one of their own, Ken Blackwell, they wouldn't even be in this mess.
The problem that Krugman has with telling the truth? Ken Blackwell is a conservative. The RINOs that caused CoinGate are "maverick moderates." The mainstream media tries to celebrate those old-establishment "squishy" Republicans. At least, until they can find a way for the Democrats to steal an election...
