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1 “Adams, Adams/Roosevelt, Roosevelt/Bush, Bush” – Note that none of those had their relatives who were later were elected as POTUS, serve as their VP. Between the terms of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, there was Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe. Between Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, there was William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. Teddy R and FDR were distantly related – 5th cousins. Not to mention that Theodore was a Republican and Franklin a Democrat. Of course we know the relationship between GHWB and GWB but regardless of what we think of either of them or their legacies, GWB was a better alternative than Al Gore.

2 I don’t know about Donald Jr. but Ivanka is not registered as a Republican and while she claims to be an “independent” she has a voting and political contribution history that shows she’s even more prone to supporting Democrats in the recent past than her father was. Ivanka is from what I understand very liberal and one of her best friend’s FWIW is Chelsey Clinton.

3 While it is a common misconception that the US Constitution bars the President and Vice President being from the same State, however, the 12th Amendment does say that electors may not vote for a President from their state and a Vice President also from their state.

4 “The commiecRATs want Clinton, Clinton, Clinton So what's your problem with Trump, Trump”. - I certainly don’t want Clinton part II or Clinton part III. But I also don’t want a Trump/Trump ticket either. I’ve seen that floated around here before and it is 1) a fantasy; 2) Trump needs someone with legislative experience and a knowlege of how congress works if he expects to pass the legislation he wants 3) it would never fly; 4) would set a very bad precedent (having the son or daughter of the POTUS serve as their father’s VP) and 5) I thought that Trump has said he intends to turn over his business to his children to run, it mostly falling to Ivanka who seems to have the most business savy, while he presumably is elected POTUS.