Jeb Bush said that, if he had a time machine, he would go back in time, find baby Adolf Hitler, and kill him. Will these theoretical ethical dilemmas become normative in the political ritual of running for president?
Leftie Come Lately
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The case against Bernie Sanders is that he’s too far left to be electable. Now, however, Hillary Clinton is stealing all his ideas, like opposing the TPP and Keystone XL pipeline. Shouldn’t that make her unelectable too?
Portraits of the Candidates with Their Favorite Deities
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Ben Carson has a portrait of himself hanging out with Jesus at his house. What if the other candidates had similar images of themselves with those most important to them?
Police Lives Matter
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When police officer Charles Gliniewicz was found dead, right-wingers blamed Black Lives Matter for creating an atmosphere in which it was open season on cops. Then it turned out he was corrupt, an embezzler, and had staged his suicide to look like he’d died while on duty.
White Drug
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Now that heroin has become a “white” person’s drug, the establishment has changed its approach from harsh sentencing designed to lock them up and throw away the key, to treatment and leniency.
The Ferguson Effect
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FBI Director James Comey says that police are going easy on crime because they’re intimidated by Black Lives Matter protesters watching them in case they hurt a black person.
Sometimes You Feel Like Electing a Nut
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Democrats ridicule Republicans for their top two presidential frontrunners, the blowhard Donald Trump and the somnolent ignoramus and proto-fascist Ben Carson. But when you stop to think about it, how is the outwardly cool calm and collected Barack “Kill List” Obama less nutty than Trump or Carson?
Hillary Trashtalks About Snowden
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Hillary Clinton lied when she said Edward Snowden could have received whistleblower protections under federal law. Or is she just totally ignorant?
I Can’t Quit You, Afghanistan
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Why is it so hard for Obama to deliver on his repeated promises to leave Afghanistan? Because the situation keeps getting worse. Which is exactly why we already should have left.
Hos Before Schmoes?
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During the first Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton relentlessly emphasized that she would become the first woman president if she wins. Ignored was the man next to her, Bernie Sanders. His election would also make history.
