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In reply to the discussion: Joe Kennedy III [View all]Kentonio
(4,377 posts)77. I'm sorry, but that doesn't make any sense.
Members of the same family running for the top job in a country of hundreds of millions should be insanely unlikely, with odds like a lottery win. Instead we've seen multiple examples in just 60 years. Saying some variation of 'well it doesn't always happen, so it doesn't count' is pretty meaningless.
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De Niro, "Are you talkin' to me?" FWIW I think the country would elect anybody
rzemanfl
May 2017
#26
JPK III is fifth (5th) generation. Fifteen (15) members of Kennedy family have held political office
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#40
Good Info. He gets it. Plus, he could win. He could beat DT by speaking truth to power.
Alice11111
May 2017
#42
I LIKE intelligent progressive compassionate politicians MORE than I dislike dynastic political fams
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#45
It's a dynasty that includes a President. Technically you're correct, but lets not skip the obvious.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#48
Does 3/4 of a term count as a dynasty? Did you deplore the Harrisons? How about the Adamses?
WinkyDink
May 2017
#46
He shouldn't be held back by an accident of birth. For a young man, he has a great resume
pnwmom
May 2017
#57
Having a great-nephew of a President, who has accomplished a great deal on his own,
pnwmom
May 2017
#81
Its part of our constitutional freedom for families to widely engage in politics.
phleshdef
May 2017
#83
I saw him here on television in Boston giving this speech, although I don't know where
smirkymonkey
May 2017
#59
Nor I! A Republican Latin American coworker admits he drank the Bush Kool-aid...
SMC22307
May 2017
#34