Bravo. Couldn't have been said better. I'll kick this OP until GE Day. (Reply #71)

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Fri Jul 24, 2015, 11:19 PM

oasis (48,720 posts)

71. Bravo. Couldn't have been said better. I'll kick this OP until GE Day.

The "dynasty" issue is the bad penny that keeps coming back.

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116 replies	Author	Time	Post
I just have to say something about this dynasty crapola [View all]	dsc	Jul 2015	OP
It must be hard for some people to see the Clintons got an education, worked hard to get where	Thinkingabout	Jul 2015	#1
Drive, ambition and knowledge, used to be good qualities	Sheepshank	Jul 2015	#61
Yes, she isn't a one trick pony show.	Thinkingabout	Jul 2015	#62
If a Kennedy or Clinton were running on	LWolf	Jul 2015	#2
And the last Kennedy to run for POTUS was Ted. 35 years ago.	hifiguy	Jul 2015	#91
Sanders has positions, true, but a sparse record of achievement	George II	Jul 2015	#95
His record of achievements	LWolf	Jul 2015	#103
The last Clinton elected president was in 1996	LordGlenconner	Jul 2015	#3
And, besides that, LG.. It's sexist and demagogical. Hillary is her own person.. she's not	Cha	Jul 2015	#74
And has her own impressive list of achievements	George II	Jul 2015	#96
Yes, very much so.. thank you, George.	Cha	Jul 2015	#99
Not only all that which is all true, but she could divorce Bill	OKNancy	Jul 2015	#4
Sorry. Not a valid comparison. She would always be know as the	Cleita	Jul 2015	#7
so, she is not related. I true dynasty means a relation	OKNancy	Jul 2015	#20
She will never be Madam President. She has too much baggage	Cleita	Jul 2015	#23
bookmarking	OKNancy	Jul 2015	#24
"Facts are stubborn things..."	DemocratSinceBirth	Jul 2015	#40
Dynasties are passed on parent to child	Sheepshank	Jul 2015	#63
He would not be President	treestar	Jul 2015	#112
that's a good comeback	restorefreedom	Jul 2015	#11
If she hadn't been married to a president	artislife	Jul 2015	#54
If Bill hadn't been married to Hillary he may never have been President. We will never know.	Metric System	Jul 2015	#57
We didn't elect her first.	artislife	Jul 2015	#58
lol! Really?	HappyMe	Jul 2015	#59
You have no idea the extent to which she made him a better poltician	dsc	Jul 2015	#68
It's a wonder how progressives are so dismissive	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#73
another desperate attempt	spqr78	Jul 2015	#82
Not that their policies are similar	dsc	Jul 2015	#85
I don't doubt that.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#86
When he lost his first bid for Governor, it was Hillary who convinced him to run again and was his	Metric System	Jul 2015	#79
But if Michelle ran for senator	artislife	Jul 2015	#97
So what do you think of kids of famous people getting jobs over	Cleita	Jul 2015	#5
Jackie hated public life with the intensity of a million suns especially after her husband was	dsc	Jul 2015	#9
My point is that she wouldn't be a public figure except for Bill.	Cleita	Jul 2015	#14
frankly if you take out the sexism of the 70's	dsc	Jul 2015	#16
In the times when we had royalty, the queen had to be as well	Cleita	Jul 2015	#22
running the state department isn't executive experience?	dsc	Jul 2015	#25
True.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#83
Sometimes they had to marry their brothers but I'm not suggesting that either.	Cleita	Jul 2015	#84
If a sister marries her brother...	spqr78	Jul 2015	#88
Such bull	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#30
that's bs	JI7	Jul 2015	#37
I agree with the OP	Martin Eden	Jul 2015	#6
well said.	daybranch	Jul 2015	#19
Thanks	Martin Eden	Jul 2015	#26
My feelings exactly! Thank You...nt	abakan	Jul 2015	#50
well said.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#94
Teddy Roosevelt was FDR's 5th cousin (once or twice removed); he was Eleanor's uncle.	dflprincess	Jul 2015	#102
You are correct	Martin Eden	Jul 2015	#110
Your first assumption is false and the rest is immaterial	whatchamacallit	Jul 2015	#8
So was FDR.	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#32
I don't see privilege as	whatchamacallit	Jul 2015	#36
Can America become a kibbutz? Adopt the Amish model?	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#72
you've got it backwards	spqr78	Jul 2015	#98
So the President is like a Porterhouse?	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#101
no, but the last several presidents have been liars and thieves.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#108
We all hear about how congress has a single-digit approval rating.	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#116
Some struggle to see a woman doing the same job her husband did ... and not ...	JoePhilly	Jul 2015	#10
This.The double standard is practically slapping the	sufrommich	Jul 2015	#12
Dynasty would apply to the Bush family	whatchamacallit	Jul 2015	#13
So a former Senator and SecState is unqualified to be President?	JoePhilly	Jul 2015	#18
Sure, she's qualified	whatchamacallit	Jul 2015	#33
But that is not nepotisim.	JoePhilly	Jul 2015	#38
Well...	whatchamacallit	Jul 2015	#41
those who see trouble with her '.. being able to be her own person. '	HFRN	Jul 2015	#31
None of that has anything to do with "Dynasty".	JoePhilly	Jul 2015	#34
it was a direct response, to a direct quote of yours	HFRN	Jul 2015	#35
LOL ... lame.	JoePhilly	Jul 2015	#39
AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service	Tarheel_Dem	Jul 2015	#44
'This is abuse of the system. '	HFRN	Jul 2015	#70
..	Cha	Jul 2015	#75
While I agree it's not germaine to the dynasty subject	tazkcmo	Jul 2015	#49
Good Post.	bvar22	Jul 2015	#42
Did you even bother to see how each of those dollar amounts panned out? of course not..	Sheepshank	Jul 2015	#66
At least some people were concerned	SheilaT	Jul 2015	#46
some of us are worried...	spqr78	Jul 2015	#92
It's a dog whistle. It's exactly the same as the petty rumor	sufrommich	Jul 2015	#15
The dynasties that really need	PATRICK	Jul 2015	#17
I don't particularly care who the candidates are married to	DemocraticWing	Jul 2015	#21
Wal-Mart and Kissinger.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#93
a·pol·o·gist	HFRN	Jul 2015	#27
...	SidDithers	Jul 2015	#113
...	HFRN	Jul 2015	#114
A simple dictionary....	quickesst	Jul 2015	#28
Nice comparison of Jeb and Hillary. But those are not our only choices.	djean111	Jul 2015	#29
"coronation" is also bullshit	Lil Missy	Jul 2015	#43
Good, accurate points made	aintitfunny	Jul 2015	#45
"Hillary's bona fides are unquestioned"	oasis	Jul 2015	#76
Dynasty or not.	tazkcmo	Jul 2015	#47
timing.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#48
Does Bill Clinton become President without having met Hillary Rodham?	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#78
sexist?	spqr78	Jul 2015	#87
Admit what(?) is true?	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#89
So much...	spqr78	Jul 2015	#100
"Google: DLC, third way, centrist, New Democrat or Al From"	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#104
The subject, then...	spqr78	Jul 2015	#106
Okay, I can deal with that.	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#107
Little ones in the morning!?!?	spqr78	Jul 2015	#109
The Clintons as a Brand...	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#115
100% correct. Hillary Clinton is not a "dynasty" candidate...	Mike Nelson	Jul 2015	#51
Good post.	Popcorn 51	Jul 2015	#52
I certainly can't speak for others but I don't care what or who the relatives of a person running...	BlueJazz	Jul 2015	#53
I don't consider the Clintons as a dynasty... however...	MerryBlooms	Jul 2015	#55
None of that means shit to me.	HappyMe	Jul 2015	#56
I am with LWolf on this ... A fine Oregonian is he ..	Trajan	Jul 2015	#60
Post removed	Post removed	Jul 2015	#64
wow calling a gay poster sissypants	dsc	Jul 2015	#65
Jury Results on the hidden post	StevieM	Jul 2015	#67
A couple of jurors (one who voted to hide it and one who voted to leave it)	tblue37	Jul 2015	#69
Bravo. Couldn't have been said better. I'll kick this OP until GE Day.	oasis	Jul 2015	#71
...	Scuba	Jul 2015	#77
Yes how dare that bastard	dsc	Jul 2015	#80
regardless, I've had enough of Clintons and Bushes....	mike_c	Jul 2015	#81
this	Cleita	Jul 2015	#90
She'd have plenty of her own baggage even if she'd never met Bill Clinton	tularetom	Jul 2015	#105
I agree, plus it is not a blood tie	treestar	Jul 2015	#111

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