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==The wastrel son==
[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/18/opinion/18KRUG.html 18 May 2004]: "The Wastrel Son" by Paul Krugman, Former Enron consultant and rabid Bush-hater, ''New York Times'' Op-Ed:
"He was a stock character in 19th-century fiction: the wastrel son who runs up gambling debts in the belief that his wealthy family, concerned for its prestige, will have no choice but to pay off his creditors. In the novels such characters always come to a bad end. Either they bring ruin to their families, or they eventually find themselves disowned.
"So how will it all end? The cries of 'stay the course' [in Iraq] are getting fainter, while the calls for a quick exit are growing. In other words, it seems increasingly likely that the nation will end up disowning Mr. Bush and his debts.
"That will mean settling for an outcome in Iraq that, however we spin it, will look a lot like defeat -- and the nation's prestige will be damaged by that outcome. But lost prestige is better than ruin."
==The 13 April 2004 news conference==
