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WinkyDink

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19. Well, they ALL were, strictly speaking. But in terms of the Bushes and Clintons (Roosevelts,

Reply to Romulox (Reply #18)

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 08:00 PM

Feb 2014

Harrisons, Adamses), that is, presidential relatives, no. But so what if they are like the Windsors or the Grimaldis?

Politics, as with industry, medicine, law, education, etc., is often a family tradition.

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