Repost as OP: All this talk of "right to retaliate" and "insurgents" is just legalistic twaddle

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66. All of your points are good. I don't take issue with any of them,

however, that does not mean that political dynasties are good for the country or for democracy.
Barack Obama is, of course, way preferable to any republican, as are both Hillary and Michelle, but don't mistake any of them for being friends of the people.
The evidence does not indicate that that is the case. If it were, we would not have bailed out the rich at the expense of the many, we would not have educational policy that vilifies teachers and promoted privatization of the public schools, we would not have leaked memos that attempt to justify the targeted murder of untried Americans, we would not have a president whose cabinet is made up of republicans, and we would have single-payer, universal health care (or at least we would have a President who promoted that instead of taking it off the table), we would see corrupt bankers in prison, we would have a re-instituted "fairness doctrine", and we would not have to inundate the whitehouse and our congress people every time Obama suggests that Social Security should take a hit rather than the rich paying taxes.
It is silly to believe that only the spouses of ex-Presidents, or other family members, stand a realistic chance of winning an election.
The bad shape our country finds itself in is due to too few having too much and too many with nothing. This applies to political power as well as money.