Jeb Bush Clarifies: No, I'm Not Hispanic

No comprende, Senor Bush.

The morning’s most amusing story in politics and PR involves the 2016 campaign’s first official candidate, Jeb Bush.

Someone pointed The New York Times in the direction of Bush’s 2009 voter registration form, on which he identified himself as “Hispanic.”

Does this man look Hispanic to you?

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Of course, the former Florida governor’s wife is of Mexican heritage, he speaks fluent Spanish, and his children are certainly members of The United States’ fastest-growing demographic.

That said, his spokesperson “could offer no explanation” to the NYT as to why Mr.

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