I think that you are entirely correct.
I also think that it doesn't matter. You're arguing the "Ought", as against the "Is".
The Kennedys, the Prescott-Bushes, the Caseys of Pennsylvania, the Daleys of Chicago -- I suppose that many examples could be multiplied -- it seems that without a robustly-republican (if not downright regicidal!) Reformed Mindset (as existed amongst the Revolutionary Americans, if not perhaps since), the Electorate seem almost to prefer a devolution to Aristocracy.
I suppose that there's even a sociological rationale therefore -- "better the Devil you know", et cetera. I'm not saying it's Right, but it seems to be the case.
Democrats are worse than Republicans in supporting homegrown aristocracy.
Surely you jest.
If not for Republican Party nepotism, we'd all have been gunning for a Forbes or a Buchanan in 2000. On his merits, Bush Junior was at best the third or fourth choice of many on Free Republic, if that... certainly including the Founder.
Well, by God, if you people insist on electing another cokehead as President, you damned well better throw open all the prison cell doors and free every man, woman, and child you're holding on drug charges. And if you're gonna elect another drug felon as President, you'd better rescind each and every one of your unconstitutional drug laws now on the books, including all of your unconstitutional search and seizure laws, and your asset forfeiture laws, and your laws that enable your unconstitutional snooping into our bank accounts and cash transactions. Well, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. You people are sick! Conservatives my ass. You people are nothing but a bunch of non-thinking hypocrites! You're a shame and a disgrace to the Republic!
And, I, for one, am tired of taking orders from cokeheads and felons! Elect another one and I'll tell you what. I'll be ready for war! It'll be time to take up arms and run the filthy lying bastards out!
2 Posted on 08/20/1999 03:19:31 PDT by Jim Robinson
If not for Bush Senior's "golden rolodex", the partying frat-boy from Texas never woulda made it past the Primaries. Republicans elected him based on his Money and his Name -- Bush Junior.
And, sure enough -- just as Jim Robinson expected and predicted -- we've all been screwed over royally by the Prescott-Bush Establishment GOP Dynasty.
Massive expansion of Federal Powers, abrogation of the Bill of Rights, drunken Government Spending, vast Fiscal Deficits, a sucking chest-wound of foreign policy, abandonment of the Border... other than his Supreme Court appointments, I can't think of one issue where I'm happy with Bush Junior (and he even tried to screw us on that, also, until we made such a stink about the Harriet Miers idiocy that he threw us Sam Alito as a bone).
The Democrats hung Bush Junior around the necks of the GOP Congress, and they managed to kill off a lot of good Congressional Conservatives by doing so. And how did the GOP get into this mess in the first place?
Dynasty.
So far as Dynasties are concerned, we have seen one run its course, I think, here in Ohio. The inevitable result of any dynasty was spelled out by John Calvin fairly well in his doctrine of total depravity.
Taft is a household name in Ohio that has been devolving from descendant to descendant for about a century now.
This latest iteration was nothing more than a petty sneak thief liar who finally got caught. The difference in Ohio is that we don't tolerate (apparently) our ruling class being criminals. Massachusetts seems to revel in the same, so the Kennedy's have a few more generations of murderers, drunks, and cokeheads to put up with until someone sees the light.
This Taft owes Ohio a big apology, but Taft was never here for Ohio in the first place. We'll never hear it.
I hope someone prosecutes his ass now that he's out of the governor's seat.