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The Baby Hitler Conundrum

<p>If you were capable of travelling through time&comma; would you kill baby Adolf Hitler before he grew into the genocidal leader of Germany&quest; While the question seems like something Cheech and Chong might debate&comma; the media has taken it upon itself to query Republican candidates with this vital question&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For Jeb Bush&comma; despite accusations that he is the softest candidate&comma; the answer is simple&period;&nbsp&semi; &ldquo&semi;Hell yeah I would&excl;&rdquo&semi; Jeb said enthusiastically&period; &ldquo&semi;I&rsquo&semi;d do it&period; I mean&colon; Hitler&period;&rdquo&semi; Jeb&rsquo&semi;s tough stance on 20th century fascism has resonated with the general public&period;&nbsp&semi; According to New York Times Magazine 42 percent said they would&comma; compared with 30 percent who said they would not&period; <br &sol;>The Washington outsider Ben Carson&comma; known for his strong religious convictions&comma; has drawn a clear distinction to Jeb Bush on the hypothetical killing of baby Hitler&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;You are perhaps the most anti-Hitler but also the most anti-abortion candidate&comma;&rdquo&semi; the CBnation reporter said&period; &ldquo&semi;Would you be in favor of aborting baby Hitler&quest;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m not in favor of aborting anybody&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the retired neurosurgeon said&period; The response has caused his base to question whether Carson can still be considered the &ldquo&semi;most anti-Hitler&rdquo&semi; candidate in the field&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Carson has displayed a moral consistency by being opposed to abortion in all situations&period; Even in the hypothetical of a father impregnating his teen daughter&comma; Carson has remained clear that the child simply must be born&period; The Hitler hypothetical not surprisingly yielded similar results&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If time travel did exists&comma; maybe someone could create an alternate reality where Republicans weren&rsquo&semi;t asked absurd questions&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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