Politics and other nightmares

Not everyone agrees with my opinion that the Fox News candidate questions did a good job:

Yeah, I watched the debates last night, both of them, and they weren't as much of a waster of time as I had feared. Certainly it wasn't possible to get an in-depth look at anybody since they all had so little time to speak. But it helps sorting all 17 of them out to just get an overview.

Amen:

Friends and family should come first and politics, second.

So, Americans' top choice for the woman to replace Hamilton on the $10 bill is Elinor Roosevelt:

 But maybe, if the goal here is to break men’s stranglehold on the currency, we shouldn’t start with someone whose appearance on the $10 will ensure that nearly every conversation about it begins this way: “Isn’t her husband much more deserving?” Because he is, you know. Like him or not.

Today is the 70th anniversary of the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima:

For more than two decades now, the accepted wisdom has been that Ross Perot "cost" George H.W. Bush his 1992 re-election bid. But the reality is that he probably saved Bush from an ignominious and humiliating loss that would have rivaled FDR's 1932 drubbing of Herbert Hoover:

Now we know the linuep of 10 candidates whose poll numbers qualify them for the main Fox News debate stage tomorrow night:

Real estate magnate Donald Trump; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

It used to be mostly musicians who could say, "Hey, I got a gig." Now millions are saying it:

Just in case you were wondering which group of Americans are really hoping for a Jeb-Hillary matchup:

Oh, gag me: