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The 5 Stupidest Things GOP Presidential Candidates Said...In Just One Day

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 13, 2012.

We expect the climate denial and the race-baiting. But what was surprising was the sheer stupidity of some of the candidates' assertions at CPAC.

Taboo in Today's GOP? Realism and Compassion

Joe Conason, AlterNet. November 24, 2011.

A Republican who dares to utter a few words of compassion or realism is likely to prove unacceptable to the base of that party.

The Virus of GOP Ignorance: Why Don't Media Protect Us From the Lies Spewed in the Republican Primary?

Eric Alterman, The Nation. November 23, 2011.

Reporters representing reliable media outlets are supposed to defend the discourse from the virus of this ignorance.

Wake Up America, the Media Treat Far-Right Views as Mainstream

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. June 4, 2009.

This dynamic produces "a deep and largely unconscious conservative bias in the media's discussion of policy."

GOP Civil War: Gingrich Strikes Back at Limbaugh

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress. March 8, 2009.

"You're irrational if you don't want the president to succeed."

The Attack on Romney\'s Vulture Capitalism: Has Newt Torn a Rift in the GOP Universe?

Leslie Savan, December 31, 1969.