If you are a Republican, this is how it works. If you’re so intellectually incurious that you don’t read the newspapers, pretend that you read all of them.

COURIC: And when it comes to establishing your world view, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this — to stay informed and to understand the world?
PALIN: I’ve read most of them again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media —
COURIC: But what ones specifically? I’m curious.
PALIN: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years.
COURIC: Can you name any of them?
PALIN: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news.

If you actually have a half a brain and do read the newspapers, pretend that you don’t.

“When you become the frontrunner and you’re a well-known name and you’ve had the type of fundraising success that you’ve had, even though you haven’t declared yet, you’re going to be a target of The New York Times, which many on the right think is a badge of honor,” [Brian] Kilmeade told [Jeb] Bush.

Kilmeade later asked, “Would [Tony Perkins] be somebody you’d approach. Would you say, Tony, you’re misunderstanding me. We need to talk. I read that column today in The New York Times?”

“Maybe I’ll give him a call today, I don’t know,” Bush said. “I don’t read The New York Times. But if you’re going to force me to do so….”

“I’m not going to force you to do so,” Kilmeade replied. “I’m just bringing it up.”

The important thing is to pretend to be someone you aren’t, because whoever you are is probably not who you want to be.

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