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Originally Posted by Boreas
Should FDR have been ineligible because he was TR's cousin?
Hillary wouldn't be Bill's "named successor" any more than "W" was Poppie's or John Q Adams was his father's successor. We have elections here and we end up electing people on perceived merit. We often get that wrong but not on the basis of ancestry.
John
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I wouldn't say so. I'm saying draw the line at one degree of separation.
Dynasties are bad. The second Bush should be enough to prove that. Constitutions exist to save us from likely mistakes like that.
12-18-2014, 12:43 PM
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