So why didn't the right embrace Krugman when he went after Bush?

I like Paul Krugman, and I think it's a good thing to have a national discussion about the economic crisis, the bailout, cleanup of toxic assets and the range of our problems.

I respect the hell out of Paul Krugman and when he criticizes Obama and challenges Tim Geithner, I want to know why.

My question is, why wasn't Newsweek putting him on the cover when he went after Bush for 8 years, which a lefty like Krugman certainly did with regularity? Why weren't the wingnuts bending over backwards to embrace Krugman when he ripped the Bush White House for mismanaging us into this mess? As Bob Cesca correctly points out, this is all about ratcheting up the drama.