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The real winner of last night’s GOP debate

The candidates are introduced prior to the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
The candidates are introduced prior to the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Without a doubt, the true winner of last night's debate among the people jostling for the Republican nomination for president didn't say a word even though it shared the stage with those losers (to paraphrase the inimitable Donald Trump).

Its name: Air Force One.

Look at it. What a beaut. 

Silent. Imposing. Capable of producing way more hot air than Trump could ever imagine. I mean, look at that face. Can you imagine that, the face of our next president? 

So cool.

And here's an Christian Science Monitor article that explains why Ronald Reagan's presidential library has the big old jet airliner.

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