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12:49 PM, Sep 1, 2008 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

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Paul Krugman is shocked that the president of the United States of America has access to - get this - classified information:

Mr. Bush is playing Commander in Chief. On Sunday morning the White House Web site featured photos of the president talking to Gulf state governors about Hurricane Gustav while ostentatiously clutching a red folder labeled "Classified." ...

Let's start with that red folder. Assuming that the folder contained something other than scrap paper, is the planned response to a hurricane a state secret? Are we worried that tropical storm systems will discover our weak points? Are we fighting a Global War on Weather?

Actually, that's not quite as funny as it sounds.

Krugman is right. He's not funny at all.

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