Posted on Oct 23, 2015
Why do citizens of the USA seem to want political dynasties?
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Many of us remember President JFK and the camelot legend which was applied to his presidency. When his brother Bobby was killed while running for President it was horrible in its own right but seemed to devastate some who wanted to keep the Kennedy camelot flame alive. When President George W. Bush was elected there was discussions about the Bush family since his own father President George H.W. Bush was still alive and he had brothers. Now former Florida governor Jeb Bush is running for office while former Secretary of State and NY Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton seems to considers herself the heir apparent to the democratic party nomination to President to be the first spouse of a President who also became President. Some Americans are radically opposed to any kind of political dynasty while others are intrigued by the idea.
What are your thoughts? Request respectful answers for each other, POTUS, and the Clinton and Bush family members.
Update - here is a link to the political; dynasties in all 50m states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2012/10/05/the-biggest-political-dynasty-in-all-50-states/
What are your thoughts? Request respectful answers for each other, POTUS, and the Clinton and Bush family members.
Update - here is a link to the political; dynasties in all 50m states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2012/10/05/the-biggest-political-dynasty-in-all-50-states/
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Edited 9 y ago
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People become enamored with the rich and famous. And they are the same people with political/national influence and the wealth to campaign at such levels. That's the only way I can explain it (to myself anyways).
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The office of the POTUS should not be based on familial ties, so no more Bushes, Clintons, or anyone else of the same name and family. If we want to go that route, do away with the government we have and invoke a monarch type which would be appropriate for those with the same names and blood lines. HRM and Bush both appear to their respective parties the heir apparent to the nominations of their parties. That needs to change.
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SMSgt Tony Barnes
SSG Warren Swan - Why does their relation have anything to do with it if they are right for the job?
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SSG Warren Swan
SMSgt Tony Barnes - It shouldn't but to me, I'm not one for dynasties in office. Is Bush, Clinton, or anyone else running "fit" for office? Maybe maybe not, but I still want someone else who isn't tied to a "family" tradition of politics. I know you can poke holes in what I've said easily, and I could too, but it's how I feel. Hell I'm against career politicians as a whole regardless of last name.
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SMSgt Tony Barnes
That sounds great if we were in a different country than America. But, we elect our leaders...so that statement is nonsense.
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Like John Adams and John Quincy Adams? (Father and son)
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison (grandson)?
James Madison and Zachary Taylor (second cousins)?
Add in George H. W. and George W. Bush, and it's slightly less than 20% of our presidents who were closely related.
(Theodore and FDR were 5th cousins, BTW)
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison (grandson)?
James Madison and Zachary Taylor (second cousins)?
Add in George H. W. and George W. Bush, and it's slightly less than 20% of our presidents who were closely related.
(Theodore and FDR were 5th cousins, BTW)
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LTC Stephen F.
Thanks for putting the familial relationship among Presidents in historical context CW4 Guy Butler
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CW4 Guy Butler
Not a problem. Truth be told, most of the big political dynasties tend to stay at the state levels, like the Lee and Long family lines.
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LTC Stephen F.
CW4 Guy Butler - I concur that the dynasties tend to work at state or below level such as the Daley family in Chicago. Here is a article highlighting the political dynasties by state.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2012/10/05/the-biggest-political-dynasty-in-all-50-states/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2012/10/05/the-biggest-political-dynasty-in-all-50-states/
The biggest political dynasty in all 50 states
The Fix tells you which political name reigns supreme in each state.
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