I'm Tired of Bushes and Clintons - by Jeff Cohen

[kpete]

I'm Tired of Bushes and Clintons
Submitted by davidswanson on May 3, 2006 - 12:17pm.Campaigns
Published on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 by CommonDreams.org
by Jeff Cohen

Every presidential election since 1980 has had a Bush or a Clinton on a major party ticket. And the pundits say we're likely to see a Clinton atop the next Democratic ticket.

Unlike the last seven presidential elections, I dream of a 2008 contest that is Bush- and Clinton-free. Our country needs new leadership and fresh ideas beyond the realm of just two families.

Of course, influential political families are as old as the Republic. Our nation's first vice president and second president was an Adams; his son was our sixth president. A Republican Roosevelt dominated U.S. politics at the turn of the 20th century; a Democratic Roosevelt, his distant cousin, was even more dominant decades later (joined by our country's greatest first lady, a Roosevelt by birth as well as marriage, who toiled for human rights for years thereafter.) Then came the '60s and the brothers Kennedy...but both John and Robert were killed before the age of 47.

more at:
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[ComerPerro]

1. The Clintons are nothing like the Bushes

To argue that the Clintons have had (and continue to have) as much influence as the Bushes on American politics is just ludicrous. The Bushes have been in the business for almost thirty years, as major players...

[blm]

4. Bushes have been major players since WW2.

And my beef with Clinton is that he could have opened the books on IranContra and BCCI and chose not to. Had he done so at the time, the Bushes would have been fully esposed to the American people and no Bush would have been even allowed NEAR the White House, let alone inside it. And 9-11 would never have happened.

[Warpy]

10. Actually, they are

Check out Clinton's enforcement of labor law and what was happing with wealth concentration during his 8 years. Was he better than Stupid? Hell yes. Do we want another one just like him? HELL NO.

I'm sick of dynastic rulers. I'm sick of political families who think office is hereditary. I'm heartily sick of stupid sheep who vote name recognition without understanding the implications of doing so.

No more Bushes. No more Clintons. I don't even want any Kennedys.

[ComerPerro]

16. That's not what I am saying

[Tim4319]

13. Isn't it much longer than 30 years?

I thought Prescott had some political influences? Not to mention George Sr.'s ties to the CIA, back during the Kennedy administration.

But I agree, the Clinton's time in the spotlight is no where near as long as this family of oil baron's!

[ComerPerro]

14. Yes, but it they were relative unknowns then

I'm simply discussing the time in the spotlight.

[madinmaryland]

18. The Bush/Walker legacy goes back to the early

part of the 20th century.

[mdmc]

2. how did this get to dem.com?

Isn't Jeff a major Green?

[Skidmore]

5. I don't care if he is...I agree with him.

We are a democracy, not an aristocracy. I'm sick of dynasties.

[mdmc]

7. i hear you

[11cents]

6. Every election since 1980 has had a Bush or a Clinton?

Uh - yeah, if you're not considering the fact that only two of those elections had a Clinton and the rest had a *Bush.*

Jesus. Intellectual dishonesty doesn't come much riper.

[WI_DEM]

3. Amen!

No more Bush's--No more Clinton's--no more dynasties.

[bullimiami]

8. im a lot sicker of bushs than i ever was of any clinton.

hillary tried to get us universal healthcare. bill blew out on nafta and the telecom bill but he did a lot of decent things for the majority of this country.

[LSparkle]

9. I agree with him

Yes, the Clintons aren't nearly as bad as the Bushes, but I don't like the idea of influential families passing off the baton from one to another, each bringing with it the same tired old cadre of advisers. We need NEW ideas and FRESH blood, not just the same old recycled proposals!

[gatorboy]

11. This is the dumbest thing I've ever read.

Bush comes from a political dynasty. The entire family has poisoned the well. Clinton Dynasty? There's two of them...That's it.

It's attack of the fair and balanced.... :eyes:

[Tim4319]

15. I agree with you.

[bryant69]

12. Part of me agrees

Another part of me sees the bullshit of putting the sane Clinton in with the insane President Bush and the incompetent president Bush.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[rniel]

17. Well get ready for Bush '08

Jeb Bush that is....

[Catherine Vincent]

19. Just because this writer is sick of the Bush's shouldn't feel the need

to drag the Clinton's into it.

[fooj]

21. cat_girl...Bill stepped into the roll of "annointed son" with great ease.

That's alarming, IMO. Too close for comfort. Just my 2 cents. That's where I think this article is coming from.

:hi:

[Lexingtonian]

20. And I'm tired of pointless whiners like Jeff Cohen.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

26. Point to point

Ragan Bush-Bush-Clinton-Bush-? See the hill. ?T. Roosevelt- Bull moose,Hillary Clinton. The republican party at the time of T. Roosevelt held special place for people they wanted to slip into obsurity.The vice president.Nobody remembers who the vice president was for very long (obscurity.)A way to get ridd of something the party sees as trouble makers. Roosevelt was not well received by republican party right,as we know it today,thats why they made him vice president though it was voted so.The bull moose thing ,Hillary ,Monica Luewinski- Whats that old saying take care of whats in your own back yard befor you advise other,s on how to.What about what goes on within the house or hut?So Hillary is sticking to Bill, the plan. Kerry, Quote, The last thing this country needs is two republican partys.So Hillary bull moose,boulla boulla and two for the price of one.Round and round we go.War is hell and politics is war.Does the saying as it goes eliminate the competition ring any bells?

[Beelzebud]

22. I've been saying that for over a year.

No Bushes
No Clintons!

I'm tired of the same 2 families running our country (into the ground).

[saltpoint]

23. I hope a HClinton-JebBush choice is not the one History has in store.

But the rules make it clear that they're allowed to run if they wish to, and I am not in a position to impose my personal preferences over the will of primary voters if these two wind up as their respective parties' nominees.

With both of them well-funded and well-known, it just means that voters who prefer other candidates must consider volunteering longer and working harder to nominate someone else.

[politicasista]

24. At least there was eight years of peace under Clinton n/t

[UTUSN]

25. This would have held water if he had written it in 1999. n/t

[NightOwwl]

27. I believe Hillary Clinton feels entitled...

to be the presidential nominee in 2008.

I hope the general public feels just the opposite.

[debbierlus]

28. I agree with him

Hiliary had been unimpressive as a Senator.

But, beyond that, we do not need any more division right now.

Hiliary is too much of a lightening rod to be a good Presidential candidate.

Feingold.

[Rowdyboy]

29. There's been a Nixon, Bush or Dole on EVERY GOP ticket since 1952 except

for 1964 when Goldwater's rebellion briefly upset the GOP applecart..

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

30. Than came 1968

A different toon.

[orwell]

31. How about...

...a trilateralist free election. That would get rid of both the Bushes and the Clintons as well as a good portion of their policy advisors.