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Mano Singham
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They had two sketches last night, the first one reminding us once again of the low-level of rhetoric we heard during the Republican debate earlier in the week. The actor who did the Donald Trump impression was pretty good.
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The Republican debate on Tuesday was once again an awful display of the extremely low level of political discourse that we have descended to. This state of affairs is not funny but the debate itself was laughable and sometimes you have to laugh at such things simply to deal with the unpleasant truth. So here are some comedic reactions.
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Trevor Noah looks at the fortunes of some of the Republican candidates, starting with the precipitous drop in the popularity of Ben Carson and then the stagnating John Kasich and Jeb Bush.
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There is something vaguely creepy about Ted Cruz.
It is more than the smug expression that is his standard face. He also has the sly expression of someone who thinks he is way smarter than you and can argue better and thus can make you believe what he says. This confidence is shown in the way he flatly distorts things and uses his skills in sophistry to try and make his lies sound truthful.
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Remember Black Friend Finder, a service that provides people who need them with black friends? Now Funny or Die introduces Muslim-meet, a service that introduces people to real Muslims to help them overcome their prejudices.
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You may recall Will Ferrell doing his impersonation of George W. Bush during his presidency. On Saturday Night Live, he reprises his role to announce that he is entering the race for the Republican presidential nomination and while doing so sizes up all his main competitors.
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Marco Rubio asserts that he cannot see any evidence of discriminatory actions against Muslims in America. Has he not heard of the internet? It has been full of news stories about random people are perceived to look like Muslims being targeted for harassment as you can see here, here, and here.
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The Daily Show looks at the obsession the US has with guns and the perpetual fear that the seem to have that their right to buy guns freely will be taken away from them which leads them to rush to buy even more following a mass shooting.
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I wrote a few days ago about the parade of Republican presidential hopefuls auditioning for Sheldon Adelson’s money by appearing before his group called the Republican Jewish Coalition. The Daily Show‘s newest correspondent Adam Lowitt had a pretty funny segment dissecting their appearance.
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