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Jeb Bush website comes with 'Die Hard' surprise

By Amy R. Connolly
Former Governor Jeb Bush announces his candidacy for the President of The United States during a rally at the Theodore Gibson Health Center of Miami-Dade College, Kendall Campus in Miami, Florida on Monday. The source code in Bush's website includes the plot from Die Hard. Photo by Gary I Rothstein/UPI. ..
Former Governor Jeb Bush announces his candidacy for the President of The United States during a rally at the Theodore Gibson Health Center of Miami-Dade College, Kendall Campus in Miami, Florida on Monday. The source code in Bush's website includes the plot from Die Hard. Photo by Gary I Rothstein/UPI. .. | License Photo

WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- The coders who set up the website for GOP presidential nominee hopeful Jeb Bush included a synopsis of the Die Hard franchise in the source coding.

Jeremy Bowers, an eagle-eyed New York Times Interactive web developer, spotted the several-paragraph plot spoiler Tuesday afternoon and quickly tweeted a photo of the Jeb2016.com Javascript before it was taken down.

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In what could be the biggest plot twist ever, Jeb's version of Die Hard stars Severus Snape of Harry Potter fame.

Already this election cycle has become a goldmine for techno-types. The source code used in Democratic nominee hopeful Hillary Clinton's site features an ASCII-art version of her campaign logo.

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