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Old 12-18-2014, 04:15 PM
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No, I make no claim as to the source of W's dysfunctions. My claim is that too many voters dismissed the signs of incompetence because of the dynastic connection.

It's the same problem as seen in dynasties in which the heir gets the crown automatically. You get stuck with a really bad one sooner or later. We don't have direct inheritance of leadership, of course, but the dynastic connection seems to be a big advantage, and to that extent, we are more vulnerable to being stung by a 'bad heir.'
You know what they say, "In with the good heir, out with the bad heir!"

Really, there haven't been enough examples in this country (two) to draw any conclusions. There are potentially many reasons why "W" was a two-term president, not least of which are his brother's assistance in 2000 and Kasich's in 2004. And you can't discount the possibility that the core reason is that the American voter is just plain stupid and eminently capable of making bad choices for any damn reason or for no reason at all.

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Old 12-18-2014, 04:24 PM
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And you can't discount the possibility that the core reason is that the American voter is just plain stupid and eminently capable of making bad choices for any damn reason or for no reason at all.

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Old 12-18-2014, 04:26 PM
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You know what they say, "In with the good heir, out with the bad heir!"

Really, there haven't been enough examples in this country (two) to draw any conclusions. There are potentially many reasons why "W" was a two-term president, not least of which are his brother's assistance in 2000 and Kasich's in 2004. And you can't discount the possibility that the core reason is that the American voter is just plain stupid and eminently capable of making bad choices for any damn reason or for no reason at all.

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That might explain the last midterm's expression of Stockholm syndrome.

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Hypocrite Jeb Bush who sits on the board of Barclays Bank defends the Cuban embargo. Barclays was fined hundreds of millions for violating the embargo. Sounds worse than Mitt Romney to me.

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How does Jeb wash the stink of the Terry Schiavo case off his hide?
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Old 12-22-2014, 03:08 PM
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How does Jeb wash the stink of the Terry Schiavo case off his hide?
That's already being taken care of.

They're going to demonize the opposition.

Note the title.

http://news.yahoo.com/one-guy-got-co...125056226.html
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