If you’re looking for insightful political commentary, none to be found here today. I’m just venting some frustration.
“Another President Bush? First 2 Are for It”
Aw, come…on…. Yes, they said Jeb wasn’t going to run in 2008, but they didn’t rule out 2012, etc.
Okay, raise your hand if you’re freaking sick and tired of political dynasties. Out of 296 million Americans, probably a large percentage of them are over 35, born in the USA, and reasonably competent to run a country—so why do we keep turning to the same families to govern us (especially when only the first two conditions seem to matter).
Even if Dubya was the greatest president ever, I would be uneasy about tapping the House of Bush yet again.
Now, we’ve got Hillary, who is reportedly a great senator, and even conservatives are giving her props. So does this mean we are headed down the road to dynastic rule yet again? Feh.
Hilary is getting props from conservatives because she’s a conservative herself.
Dynasties have several times claimed the White House: John Adams / JQ Adams, William Henry Harrison / Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt / FDR, and of course the two Bushes so far. You’d almost think there was something to the old saw that “it’s not what you know, but who you know,” wouldn’t you?
I guess she is leaning toward the conservative (or at least the moderate). Whodathunkit?
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Yup, that saw rings true, and also the one, “the devil you know (or think you know) is better than the devil you don’t know.” At least when choosing between two undesirable major party candidates, a voter can figure that someone from same family as a previous president could at least maintain the status quo.