"No more dynasties"--for women, that is

[Jim Lane]

163. Rilgin is right and your history is simply wrong.

Charges of "dynasty" have been made against (male) candidates from the Kennedy and Bush families.

You now add Al Gore to your allegations. I ran a duckduckgo search for the terms "Al Gore" and "dynasty" and the very first hit was an article in the Los Angeles Times titled "Al Gore's Family Tree". It began: "The Gore dynasty includes several politicians and lawyers."

Have there been double standards? Of course. I'll hazard a guess that many Democrats who praised the Kennedy and Clinton families screamed "No dynasty!" at the poor hapless Jeb, while Republicans saw things exactly the other way around. In other words, there are double standards occasioned by partisanship. Under those circumstances, it's hard to isolate the misogyny factor, and to say whether and to what extent Hillary Clinton has been treated differently from others similarly situated.

Of course, the universe of "others similarly situated" isn't clearly defined. No other Presidential spouse has had her prominence. In the only example I can think of that's at all comparable, you can read about "Michelle Obama for president 2020?" and, if you're persuaded, you can buy the t-shirt.