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Crazy Roadtrip 2016

“Even if you don’t give a damn about what’s happened to the once-storied free press, consider the consequences to a once-storied political party. The main reason that Republican politicians sound so crazy of late is because they get their information, and validation, from the twisted world of partisan media outlets.” 

—Timothy Egan, op-ed writer, “Beat the Press,” The New York Times, Nov. 13, 2015

• Editorial Comment: That’s one Grand Old Party.


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