Paul Krugman just posted this on Twitter about Rudy Giuliani, whose Manhattan apartment was raided this morning by Federal Investigators in connection with a criminal investigation into Mr. Giuliani's dealings in Ukraine…
Does Rudy Giuliani ever think about how easy and pleasant his life could have been? He could have spent the last 20 years giving lucrative speeches about Leadership, consisting of a few nouns, a few verbs, and 9/11.
It's one of those things I don't expect to ever understand. There was a time when the then-Mayor of New York was the most respected, beloved figure in this country. Now, Democrats hate him because of his advocacy for Trump, Republicans hate him because of his failures for Trump and it doesn't look like Trump is even that fond of him these days. What a way to squander good will.
Keeping with the theme of things I don't expect to ever understand…
Unlike way too many people in this country, I think the folks at the CDC know more about disease prevention than I could ever possibly know. Yesterday, I took a long walk sans mask to my bank and then to a restaurant. I donned the mask before entering the bank and just forgot that I had it on so it stayed on until I got back home.
It's such a simple, innocuous thing to do, wearing a mask. When I hear Tucker Carlson say that making your children wear one is a form of child abuse that should be reported to the police…well, I get why he says such things. It's his job to say whatever he thinks his viewers want to hear, no matter how stupid it is. I just don't get why so many people want to be fed such foolish, usually demonstrably-untrue items.
It's like there's a list they circulate at Fox News of things that Americans hold dear and feel they cannot live without…things like their homes, their cars, their TV, chocolate, football, Walmart, etc. And every day when an on-air Fox News employee reports to work, they're expected to pick one from the list then go on camera and claim that Liberals are plotting to take it away from everyone. The other day, Larry Kudlow — the "economic adviser" who as far as I can tell has never been right about anything — chose "hamburgers." Next week, it'll probably be Biden planning to outlaw clean socks.