Were the politcally inclined questions included this year to boost ratings and interest? (which if it was, it worked apparently...

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Seriously, the Miss USA pageant is what it is....a pageant. I hope going forward they stick with the "traditional" HRPL focus

Judging by the attention this has caused, I doubt it though.
..and I didn't care for CA either. I agree that she did come across as too "something"..