Now, We Wouldn't Want To Embarrass Anybody

"Appointing Gupta now, although it’s a small thing, is just another example of the lack of accountability that always seems to be the rule when you get things wrong in a socially acceptable way."

-- Paul Krugman, who seems to think Barack Obama's having a Surgeon General who opposes (what Krugman knows is) the wrong-headed and economy-breaking idea of Universal Healthcare - not one who agrees with the ideas of Raelians, wacky "alternative" medicine, or anti-vaccination nonsense - is to "get things wrong in a socially acceptable way," because everybody knows the belief in kookiness thrives on The Hill.