Dems embrace dynasty politics

[paul718]

I have a problem with dynastic appointments (ex: Caroline Kennedy), moreso than dynastic electoral victories (ex: the Udalls).  If they're elected then the onus is on the people to have made the right choice.

[paul718]

Democratic Dynaties:

Kennedy's
Clinton's
Udall's

Republican Dynasites:

Dole's
Bush's

I'm sensing a pattern here.

General incompetence among the Republican party extends to their dynasties, while the Democratic dynaties have been quite effective.

There is a Bush dynasty and a Kennedy dynasty.  The others are not dynasties.

Edit:  The Udalls too, but as was mentioned earlier, Gordon Smith is a Republican.

[paul718]

Dynasties have been good (see: Roosevelts, Clintons, Kennedys) and bad (see: Bushes, Doles).

How are the Doles a political dynasty?  Isn't it just Bob and Elizabeth?  And how are they "bad"?

[paul718]

Edit:  The Udalls too, but as was mentioned earlier, Gordon Smith is a Republican.

The presence of a D-WV doesn't make the Rockefellers any less Republican, does it?

Oh yes, the Rockefeller political family as well. Jay Rockefeller (senator from WV), Nelson Rockefeller (vice president under Ford), Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (lieutenant governor of AR under Huckabee), and plenty of others.

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