{"id":4236,"date":"2011-09-19T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/the-republicans-are-now-the-how-great-is-it-to-be-stupid-party\/"},"modified":"2011-09-19T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T13:47:00","slug":"the-republicans-are-now-the-how-great-is-it-to-be-stupid-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/the-republicans-are-now-the-how-great-is-it-to-be-stupid-party\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Republicans are now the ‘How great is it to be stupid?’ party.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Egghead and Blockheads – NYTimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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By MAUREEN DOWD Published: September 17, 2011 <\/p>\n

The Republicans are now the \u201cHow great is it to be stupid?\u201d party. In perpetrating the idea that there\u2019s no intellectual requirement for the office of the presidency, the right wing of the party offers a Farrelly Brothers \u201cDumb and Dumber\u201d primary in which evolution is avant-garde. \u2026<\/p>\n

The occupational hazard of democracy is know-nothing voters. It shouldn\u2019t be know-nothing candidates. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Egghead and Blockheads – NYTimes.com<\/a> [hat tip to NewMexiken<\/a> and to Pat]<\/p>\n

Where are the compassionate conservatives? – The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n

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By Eugene Robinson<\/a>, Published: September 15<\/h5>\n

Blitzer interrupted: \u201cBut Congressman, are you saying that society should just let [someone without insurance] die?\u201d There were enthusiastic shouts of \u201cYeah!\u201d from the crowd. You\u2019d think one of the other candidates might jump in with a word about Christian kindness. Not a peep. ..<\/p>\n

I believe the Republican candidates\u2019 pinched, crabby view of government\u2019s nature and role is immoral.<\/font> I believe the fact that poverty has risen sharply over the past decade \u2014 as shown by new census data<\/a> \u2014 while the richest Americans have seen their incomes soar is unacceptable. I believe that writing off whole classes of citizens \u2014 the long-term unemployed whose skills are becoming out of date, thousands of former offenders who have paid their debt to society, millions of low-income youth ill-served by inadequate schools \u2014 is unconscionable.<\/p>\n

Perry, who is leading in the polls, wants to make the federal government \u201cinconsequential.\u201d He thinks Social Security is a \u201cPonzi scheme\u201d and a \u201cmonstrous lie.\u201d He doesn\u2019t much like Medicare, either.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Where are the compassionate conservatives? – The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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