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   Ron Dunn said, 8 months ago

   That is a great idea have romney and obama stand on shock pads, if one tries to lie about something give em a shock.
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   simpsonfan2 said, 8 months ago

   It wouldn’t work on a person who believes their own lies.
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   MPeters said, 8 months ago

   He’s got them both worried.
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   Alexikakos said, 8 months ago

   CAVEMEN HAVE BROADCAST POWER!!!
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   legaleagle48 said, 8 months ago

   And people wonder why this strip always attracts the political comments. It’s hard NOT to make political comments when the strip itself makes them!
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 8 months ago

   re: simpsonfan2
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   True. There are classes to teach one to pass the test, too. Which is why the recent scandals at the FBI and other agencies with terrorists were in spite of lie detector tests. Beats me why they even bother. With a 50% accuracy, it’s better to just flip a coin. Or better yet, to actually investigate someone’s background before they get Secret or above clearances.
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   beviek said, 8 months ago

   Haha, great ‘toon! Personally, I like to play liars bingo when I’m watching a debate.
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   Davepostmp said, 8 months ago

   @legaleagle48

   Whatever the comic, they are going to comment on the peculiarities of our daily lives. And what is a more tempting, and peculiar, target than our political system?
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   euston said, 8 months ago

   Looks like it’s going to be a pretty quiet debate…
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    euston said, 8 months ago

    ‘Quiet’ on the strip I meant… Obviously not in the comments…
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    cdward said, 8 months ago

    @simpsonfan2

    True, but they could have a battery of fact-checkers on hand. After each statement, there could be a pause while the fact-checkers confer and give a thumbs up or down. Might take longer, but after a few rounds of that, they’d be a lot more careful with their “facts.”
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    piloti said, 8 months ago

    @Nabuquduriuzhur:
    Granted, while the efficacy of the polygraph is open to debate, and will be forever, the background checks for security clearances vary from the superficial for a “confidential”, to very rigorous indeed for anything above “secret”. But, all the checks in the world won’t prevent someone from violating the oath they take when obtaining the clearance.
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    AshburnStadium said, 8 months ago

    @piloti

    The polygraph is very unreliable. Pennsylvania even has a law that prohibits employers from requiring a polygraph test of job seekers.
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    AshburnStadium said, 8 months ago

    @cdward

    I agree with the fact-checkers. That should be a part of EVERY debate from here on in. With Google and the rest of the internet, fact-checking shouldn’t take very long, and could be done between segments of a debate.
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    celecca said, 8 months ago

    that’ll do, that’ll do.
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