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still_one

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4. No, you obviously missed the point. He won the primary against your OP of

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 02:42 PM

Apr 2015

dynasty. Curious why you didn't include Kennedy in that group, they said the same thing about them, and in all cases it doesn't hold water. The populace decides, and in dynasties people are not given the choice

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Not another Bush or Clinton: political dynasties reach for 'regular Joe' status [View all] 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 OP

Yup, Barrack Obama sure was a "dynasty" still_one Apr 2015 #1

I don't know how Obama slipped into the WH 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 #2

No, you obviously missed the point. He won the primary against your OP of still_one Apr 2015 #4

"in dynasties people are not given the choice" 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 #5

We will have a competitive primary. O'Malley, and a couple of others will be running against still_one Apr 2015 #12

But we've had 2 Bush's Politicalboi Apr 2015 #3

For the past 26 years, we've had Bush/Clintons for 19 of them. 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 #6

Bill Clinton gave us eight great years. I loved his presidency. He did a great job. nt BreakfastClub Apr 2015 #8

Bill gave us NAFTA, and drastic cuts in Welfare to the poor. 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 #10

Exactly. Hillary and Bill aren't blood-relation either. It's stupid to BreakfastClub Apr 2015 #7

It's not the "dynasty" part that bothers me. It's the policies of both the Bushes and Clintons. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2015 #9

You have a point there. 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 #11