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On Second Thought for Aug. 3, 2015

7/31/2015

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A lighthearted look at news of the day:

Hillary Clinton no doubt is trying to devise a plan to school her Republican rivals for president. The problem is, there are so many GOP candidates that even Utah would consider the school overcrowded.

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Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore is the latest Republican to enter the presidential race. This is frustrating to the other 16 candidates, who now have to find fresh and unique insults for yet another person.

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Donald Trump, meanwhile, is the clear leader of the pack, garnering 20 percent support in a recent Quinnipiac poll. But experts say his lead may not last. He won’t be able to find enough groups to offend to keep the momentum going.

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Actually, the only thing with less chance of surviving than Donald Trump’s campaign is one of Hillary Clinton’s emails from her private server.

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Time Magazine put a photo of former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on its cover last week. Good thing we put terms limits on the presidency to keep the same names from running over and over.

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In the NFL, Tom Brady lost the appeal of his four-game suspension for allegedly deflating footballs. The league said Brady destroyed a cell phone containing evidence. If it’s true, Brady made a huge mistake. All he needed to do was put everything on an Amazon Fire Phone. Investigators would never think to look at something no one has heard of.

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Hillary Clinton is one person who may not see what all the NFL fuss is about. Not because she’s a Patriot’s fan, but because she destroyed stuff from her cell phone and now she’s the Democratic frontrunner.

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So far, the lesson from the Salt Lake City mayor’s race is to never make enemies with someone who owns a billboard business.

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The owners of Reagan Outdoor Advertising set up a PAC that has funded billboards for every candidate but incumbent Mayor Ralph Becker. The only one more outraged than the mayor is candidate Luke Garrott, who said the unauthorized billboards in his favor violate the spirit of his self-imposed campaign contribution limits. Yes, name recognition is a bad thing, and Garrott’s going to make that point no matter how much press it gets him.

 

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