It's a joke, you twit.

I thought Andy Sullivan had a sense of humor (or, in his case, is it humour?). Today Andy writes:

Then here's the economic expert, Krugman, on the looming deficit:

[R]ight now the deficit, while huge in absolute terms, is only 2 — make that 3, O.K., maybe 4 — percent of G.D.P.

I take Krugman's broader point about the deficit, and agree with it. But why such contemptuous sloppiness? There's a critical difference between 2 and 4 percent of GNP. Isn't there?

Yes, Andy, there is a difference. But it was a joke. You know? How the deficit keeps growing? How they haven't accounted for your war? How the GNP may be slipping?

Oh. Never mind.

(Link fixed...sorry.)