Mitt Romney, Paul Krugman, and the politics of character assassination

Mitt Romney has admitted the obvious- that he put his foot in his mouth the other day by using words to explain that his focus was on the plight of the middle class which could be taken out of context to imply that he didn't care about poor people.

Which has not, of course, stopped the Left from continuing to take them out of context. Paul Krugman's questionable opinions as to the efficacy of Romney's economic program for the poor do not constitute evidence that the likely Republican nominee is a heartless, uncaring Scrooge. Even if one accepts every one of Krugman's arguments at face value, they would prove only that Romney's economic prescriptions don't work, not that he's a lousy human being.

Krugman's article- and we will see far more like it in coming months- is a very fine example of the kind of demonization of the opposition which has divided our nation so badly as to threaten the very viability of our democracy. Shame on you, Mr. K.

HT: Real Clear Politics