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I'm not sure you're as old fashioned as you think as you don't exhibit in your views the disdain our founding fathers had for monarchy or privilege gained by birth. The American ethos as I understand it is that we are at birth all equal in the eyes of God and history. In my simple mind the fact that any nationally elected official's son or daughter who went into battle to protect freedom and democracy far exceeds that of a demonstration of commonality exhibited by any monarch's child. I think you need to reconsider what being an American means. Royalty, monarchy, privilege mean nothing....its all about freedom in my humble opinion. My regrets if I interpret your meaning inappropriately.

There is a certain part of me that holds the English monarchy in fond regards. Whether it is my ancestry or love of history, I hold respect for a form of government that has in effect lasted for over 800 years. I see no great feat by a politician's son going to battle when you consider in the 20th century elections have become not much more than popularity contests between two contestants that promise the most to be elected. It would be not much more than 20 years from now if the child of an American Idol winner went to battle.

Consider also what has been done to the Republic in the past 100 years compared to the original intention of the Framers. We were given a Republic but unfortunately were not able to keep it. What we have now is in no way comparable to what the Framers intended. As I said I am a North Carolinian and hold loyalty to my state which happens to be a member state in the current union.