“The Town Hall Mob.”  That’s the title of Paul Krugman’s opinion piece in the New York Times today - and it’s a doozy.  In his article, Krugman opines that the citizens protesting against health care “reform” represent “something new and ugly.”

Then, in some sort of convoluted logic bordering on paranoia, Krugman asserts that the Town Hall protesters are really racists - and are probably “birthers” as well.

That is, the driving force behind the town hall mobs is probably the same cultural and…

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