Posted on 08/16/2004 7:21:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
LONDON (Reuters) - When it comes to American presidential elections, blue blood counts.
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So say British researchers who predict Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) will oust President Bush (news - web sites) on Nov. 2 simply because he boasts more royal connections than his Republican rival.
After months of research into Kerry's ancestry, Burke's Peerage, experts on British aristocracy, reported Monday that the Vietnam war veteran is related to all the royal houses of Europe and can claim kinship with Czar Ivan "The Terrible," a previous Emperor of Byzantium and the Shahs of Persia.
Burke's director Harold Brooks-Baker said Kerry had his mother, Rosemary Forbes, to thank for most of his royal connections.
"Every maternal blood line of Kerry makes him more royal than any previous American president," Brooks-Baker said.
"Because of the fact that every presidential candidate with the most royal genes and chromosomes has always won the November presidential election, the coming election -- based on 42 previous presidents -- will go to John Kerry."
Similar research carried out on Bush ahead of the 2000 presidential race showed that he beat Al Gore (news - web sites) in the royal stakes, claiming kinship with Britain's Queen Elizabeth as well as with Kings Henry III and Charles II of England.
IN THE COMPANY OF KINGS
Kerry is a descendant of the former Kings of England, Henry III and Henry II and is distantly related to Richard the Lionheart, who led the third Crusade in 1189, according to Burke's.
He is also descended from Henry I, King of France and his wife, Anne of Kiev, giving him kinship with the royal houses of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the House of Rus.
Burke's research showed Kerry also has historical political connections in the United States.
He is closely related to John Winthrop, the first Massachusetts governor -- the state for which he is now a senator -- and his maternal grandmother was the granddaughter of Robert Winthrop, who was speaker of the House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849.
Wow, who knew that Bill Clinton was more descended from royalty than George Herbert Walker Bush?
Total nonsense but it will prop up Kerry's opinion of himself so when he loses he will have his bloodlines to give him comfort.
Must be a slow news day.
Perhaps the author was not informed that our ancestors fought very hard to get rid the royalty.
Relations to foreign royalty does not help Kerry's campaign to paint himself as one of the peasants... I mean average Americans.
Here's a cool quip:
I was related to (pick one) Napolean, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar in a previous life.
Now that's something to be proud of...
I thought that Kerry had already convinced himself that he was KING!
Seeing how Teresa won't even let Kerry kiss her, I imagine that JF'nK's blood ain't the only part of him that's blue...
People find the dumbest things to correlate with winning the presidency. How about doing some research and see if there's one for people owning the most guns. It'll be just as relevant.
"Kerry is a descendant of the former Kings of England, Henry III and Henry II and is distantly related to Richard the Lionheart, who led the third Crusade in 1189"
So am I. Big frikken deal. I prefer to trace my lineage through Edmund Burke instead.
As for the blue-blood nonsense, the Torrie sympathizers are already registered Democrats. But please shout louder so the rest of the country can hear what an inbred fool Kerry is.
So that's it! Inbreeding produced such a candidate! Wasn't that a thing with the past Royals? What a ridiculous article - we are all related to silicious ooze anyway -
How appropriate.
I didn't and I doubt so did anyone else
I would like to hear how they justify Harrison/Cleveland.
Harrison beat Cleveland in 1888, but lost the popular vote. Cleveland beat Harrison in 1892. So, how did Cleveland get more royal blood in 4 years?
Interesting observation...
It must be a very slow newsday indeed
Speaking of TeeReeehZaaahh, where has she been lately?
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