mr. cohen notes , is a conservative state , which may have in the iowa caucus . then the bearded dipwad writes something so perverse we are compelled to stare at it like the nazis at the end cotton - topped ladies man richard cohen hilariously poses as a " liberal " columnist at the washington post , despite being ... how can we put this gently ... a power - worshiping bigot . here 's today 's entry ( emphasis mine ) : today ’s gop the day after chris christie , the cuddly moderate conservative , won a landslide reelection as the republican governor of democratic new jersey , i took the internet express out to iowa , surveying its various newspapers , blogs and such to see how he might do in the gop caucuses , won last time by rick santorum , neither cuddly nor moderate . superstorm sandy put christie on the map . but richard cohen 's column today suggests one small step that the owner of the daily paper in a majority - black city could take — reconsider whether regularly publishing racist op - ed columns is a wise business strategy . salon ® is registered in the u.s. patent and trademark office there are four , and only four , richard cohen columns . today ’s gop is not racist , as harry belafonte alleged about the tea party , but it is deeply troubled — about the expansion of government , about immigration , about secularism , about the with all of the terrible , sludge - brained , doped - out political hacks whose columns we read over and over until every atom of our being must fight the urge to swan - dive off a twenty - story building onto a fence topped with rusty spikes coated with rattlesnake venom , we often forget about the execrable richard cohen at the washington post . he probably has one or two pre - written ones , just waiting for those moments when people remember richard cohen 's existence and read the latest things he has said . the winter snows of iowa republican , i learned that part