April 14, 2004

The Royal Family

I guess it's not entirely unsurprising that America has it's own aristocracy. I mean, Fred told us that already in point seven of his cynical, yet unfortunately accurate, column about democracy. But did you know that it's not just a permanent political class? It's also family.

Via Dean's World

Posted by Blog Jones at April 14, 2004 09:14 PM | Category: Politics

Comments

Well, if you look carefully at the last 10 Presidents, you'll see quite a few came from modest backgrounds. Reagan and Clinton and Eisenhower grew up quite poor. Nixon and Ford came from modest middle class backgrounds. And so on. Yes, Clinton got his master's in the ivy league, but on a scholarship based on his performance at an Arkansas school. So you know, it's not that bad...

Posted by: Dean Esmay at April 15, 2004 01:14 AM
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