GOP Primary: Wikipedia Edits Tell Story Of GOP Presidential Primary Candidates

The long, winding road of the GOP primary has given birth to a number of stories that have crafted the image and public records of the various candidates. A look at the Wikipedia edit history of the candidates' pages -- and of former contender Rick Santorum -- reflects the contentious nature of many of the issues that have arisen over the course of the campaign. From frequent edits of the words "dog" and "church" under Mitt Romney's page to large-scale shifting of the passages on Ron Paul's profile containing the words "newsletters" and "racist," the stories that various members of the Wikipedia community want to highlight -- or perhaps bury -- receive a life of their own.

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[michelleame]

11:58 AM on 04/16/2012

Ron Paul will like this video http://youtu.be/trqgT0jhw08

[sirmonkey]

10:14 PM on 04/15/2012

FYI: when reading on Wikipedia READ THE References at the bottom!!! (yes i relaize a.d.d. america has a hard time with that) if you question something.

[StarGazr5992]

12:58 PM on 04/15/2012

The republican white man is well known for this it will never change

[Barbara DeZan]

12:46 PM on 04/15/2012

Anyone who looks to Wikipedia for truth, news or facts.....is a fool.

[blisster]

12:59 PM on 04/15/2012

But it began with: There once was a clown car......

[Silverado Lady]

04:21 AM on 04/15/2012

CAN THE GOP EVER JUST BE UPFRONT AND HONEST ABOUT ANYTHING?

[smartcindy]

07:20 AM on 04/15/2012

Nope...not in their DNA...

[sadwitness]

03:32 PM on 04/15/2012

don't be silly, that would require them to be personally accountable NEVER GONNA HAPPEN

[iAREamerica]

03:32 AM on 04/15/2012

The Republican Etch-a-Sketch in action...

[xxixpines]

08:57 PM on 04/14/2012

No matter how Willard flips or flops and no matter how his staff changes his entrys,
The internet has captured the man as he is forever.

It will be a very interesting election.

[Dkbny]

06:56 PM on 04/14/2012

shouldn't they all be forgotten? why write them down for history?

It could be under "USA... They Dark ages".

[pamela18335]

11:22 PM on 04/14/2012

Because those who don't learn their history are condemned to repeat it.

[JackHoffman]

03:47 AM on 04/15/2012

Revisionist history. The weapon of propagandists.

[smartcindy]

07:23 AM on 04/15/2012

Let the sunshine in, share with everyone, and register them to vote FOR the people, and that would mean voting for Dems at this point.

[twain307]

04:46 PM on 04/14/2012

I had to come to the technology page to finally understand....
They called them the Republican Debates because Angry Birds was already copyrighted.

[kareemachan]

03:56 PM on 04/15/2012

Well played, sir!!!

(or Ma'am)

[den1953]

02:17 PM on 04/14/2012

How exciting can the Republicans get now that all the lunatics have been forced out and they are left with Robocorp, this has got to be the most boring candidate the GOP could possibly get. if your not a multi millionaire you have nothing to look forward to, if you make less then 250,000 you can't even look forward to a larger pay check as a Republican. I can't imagine as a Republican you could get all jacked up about watching your health insurance premium going up 32%, or the fact that your going to receive a voucher and wait for your golden years of Medicare and Social Security at the age of 70...........

[Brogrammer]

11:39 AM on 04/14/2012

This is not news. Like anything else, Wikipedia will evolve, and there will be more specific pages for fodder and bias issues.

[builderman55]

10:58 AM on 04/14/2012

When the dust settles on this period, and reason can prevail over the sense of fear and hatred the current GOP has unleashed against this utterly decent President and his centrist policies, this will be seen as one of the worst political campaigns in American History. I thought that the racism, bigotry, and distortions of McCain/Palin couldn't get any worse, but they were pikers compared to this ship of fools parading as Representatives of the Party of T. Roosevelt and Lincoln, two of the finest leaders of ANY party in American History. in every period of Challenge in History the forces of hatred, distrust and fear mongering have raised their ugly heads and this period is no different. We are living in the aftershocks of a disaster crafted largely by Republicans with support of lap dog Democrats, and now we have a crop of candidates arguing that the Janitor in Chief who is cleaning up THEIR mess is responsible for the crisis and its painful period of recovery. This is one of the greatest sleight of hands in political History and is evidence of real ugliness. The current GOP are masters of distortion...

[10 Little Amendments]

09:32 PM on 04/14/2012

Bad as it is, this election (so far) is nowhere near as bad as these:

1. 1968 - RFK shot, war protesters beaten, riots in Chicago, Nixon's Southern Strategy wins
2. 1972 - Nixon, the plumbers, Watergate...
3. 2000 - Bush Brothers & Company steal election after hijacking Florida

[builderman55]

10:02 PM on 04/14/2012

I agree, and in retrospect, the misadministration of Bish and Cheney are certainly among the very worst. America deserves so much better than this...

[Easy123]

03:20 PM on 04/15/2012

I agree, but the problems is, we ain't done yet.

[crydespite]

08:54 AM on 04/14/2012

nicely done yahoo news. perhaps there's hope for you after all.

[DanaLane]

04:35 AM on 04/14/2012

"No suitable plugin found" what format is the document?

[oldwolf49]

05:04 AM on 04/14/2012

I hear that.

[PortlandZoo]

02:29 PM on 04/14/2012

java?

[FNBS Media com]

03:59 AM on 04/14/2012

everything is public and everything is forever! not a good scenario for the chronic liars.

[A Dub]

04:20 PM on 04/15/2012

No wonder the republicans hate the internet.