Thursday, August 7, 2014

How Much is a Ticket to Mars; Clinton/Bush Edition

The Daily Show found some putz of a consultant who thinks that the key to success is "brand name" politics.

Or, more traditionally, dynastic politics.

Clinton v. Bush in `16. Christ on roller skates, is there any chance that they can get the Mars flights going sooner than that?

Here's my default position: If your daddy, husband, brother, uncle, grandfather or cousin is a politician, I'm not going to vote for you. You're going to have to make an exceptionally strong case as to why I should vote for you. For we all know, if your name were Peggy Palooka from a trailer park in West Bumfuck, you wouldn't be running for Congress/Senate/governorship/Presidency.

The Founders knew that the problem with royalty was that with succession determined by bloodline, sooner or later you get a dissipated idiot as your king. We came damn close to that with the last president, as it is.

So, you idiots in the respective parties, find somebody else.

1 comment:

  1. It really would be Great to have some 'new ideas' in the Big Chair. Obviously the "old ways" aren't working now, if they ever did?
    Of course I am not going to 'hold my breath' waiting.
    Then there are some really wild ones out there that Oh So need behaviour modification thru meds, and will never get that so I could be happy with a not too crazy dynasty.
    w3ski

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