I have no idea if this has been highligted on Daily Kos before. I did a search for it, and did not find anything, so I apologize if a spotlight has been on it before and I didn't see.
Someone has been profiling various Republican Party politicians for close to a year now, writing profiles of the that are enlightening, enraging, and often hilarious in their take downs.
He calls it 'The Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day' and I'll let the author himself explain how it works:
The Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day:
This all started when a forum I frequent had political discussion, and whenever a news story popped up where a Republican politician talked about rape, insane conspiracy theories about birth certificates, fluoridated water, Benghazi (etc.), was found to have ties to some sort of hate group, denied climate change exists, or generally said something without any logic or comprehension... they would respond, "Whatever. You know both sides are just as bad."
Well, I threw down a gauntlet. I didn't believe that was the case, so I challenged the individuals who threw this argument out to go ahead and match me, crazy moron for crazy moron from either party, one a day, to prove their point. The only rules were that they had to only include people who had held, or run for public office within that past 5 years, or at the very least, helped write the party platform within that time. This ruled out most media pundits and celebrities, and let us focus simply on the actual members of the party.
He has written a profile of 334 different politicians over the last year. This is an effort that deserves everybody's support and attention. It's an impressive body of work, and a wonderful quick reference for the crazy that some of these guys get up to.
One of my favorite quotes from this comes from his profile of Louis Gohmert.
He’s clearly a Top 5 candidate for craziest Republican out there, a quintet of elite deranged morons on this list that form a mentally-challenged, conservative Voltron. He might flat out be the most insane politician in America. And watch… he’s going to get re-elected in November.
A 'mentally-challenged conservative Voltron'.
Everyone, please check out the impressive body of work here:
http://republicinsanity.tumblr.com/