Britain's prince harry dresses up as nazi

[Giancarlo]

Look you must have pity, Harry is a complete moron.. some people are just born that way. They are wild, crazy and stupid. It was a very offensive thing to do, and he should be kicked in the head for it nonetheless.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Reread the sentence, what molly wrote was correct. I thought it was your math SAT you flubbed, not the verbal, right?

There was no Ford dynasty. There was no Reagan dynasty. It's a bit over-the-top to call it a Bush dynasty.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker




There was no Ford dynasty. There was no Reagan dynasty. It's a bit over-the-top to call it a Bush dynasty.

The sentence you quoted:

As opposed to electable stupidities and sillinesses, such as Ford, Reagan and the Shrubbery dynasty.

To clarrify it, read it as:

As opposed to electable stupidities and sillinesses, such as Ford, Reagan and "the Shrubbery dynasty".

Also:
Dynasty
1. A succession of rulers from the same family or line. A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

[Dis]

I dream of a country where one can dress up as a nazi and be ashamed of it.

it is a costume party after all.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Also:
Dynasty
1. A succession of rulers from the same family or line. A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

Doesn't succession imply an inheritance of title as opposed to election of same?

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

dp

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe


Doesn't succession imply an inheritance of title as opposed to election of same?

Do you think Dubya would be President if it weren't for his dad?

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Dauphin


Do you think Dubya would be President if it weren't for his dad?

Do you think His dad would have been President if not for Reagan?

Point being its not an automatic but requires approval of the electorate (or for the delusional the illicit action of the supreme court.)

[Dauphin]

So you agree that there is a certain degree of inheritance involved. (the election being another part was never disputed btw)

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Dauphin
So you agree that there is a certain degree of inheritance involved.

At best a minor one. While I would agree presidents are always made men. If that means they inherit their influence by way of family or via political networking the effect is the same. The bottom line though even if annoited by the political machinery they require tacit approval of the electorate. Which rather was the point of Molly's post that the US electorate is moronic.

As for the Molly quote, Kuci is quite right to question its veracity.

For we know the electable stupidity doesn't apply to Ford as he was never elected pres or vice president in a general election.

The shrubbery dynasty is a stretch both on terms of only 2 family members constituting a sequence of rulers as well as the point of succession.

Lastly that leaves the electable stupidity of Reagan, who given the alternatives of Carter and Mondale makes this a rather simple answer.

All in all a typical over the top generalization from our favorite author of puffery.

[Boris Godunov]

My quibble with Kuci is that he seemed to think molly was using incorrect grammar and inadvertently saying there was a Ford and Reagan dynasty. Grammatically, that's not what molly was saying at all. He was saying "Ford, Reagan and the Bush Dynasty," dynasty only referring to the Bushes.

"Dynasty" has become a word with broad meaning, and pretty much everyone refers to the Bushes as a dynasty, as assuredly as they refer to the Kennedies as such.

[PLATO]

The Kennedy plan:

John
Robert
Ted

The Bush plan

George HW
George W
Jeb

Both "clans" at the extreme end of their parties with the most moderate members being elected first.

[Pekka]

Sonds too much like a pattern there.. maybe I should break the pattern and lead the country. Who knows.. we might win. My side always wins. SO .. if it won't happen, then you just have to be on my side without the country, that is if you want to win.

[Boris Godunov]

PLATO, you're not implying that W is more moderate than Jeb, are you? From what I've seen, Jeb is easily the more moderate of the two.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
My quibble with Kuci is that he seemed to think molly was using incorrect grammar and inadvertently saying there was a Ford and Reagan dynasty. Grammatically, that's not what molly was saying at all. He was saying "Ford, Reagan and the Bush Dynasty," dynasty only referring to the Bushes.

It could go either way. I wasn't challenging his grammar, I thought he meant a Ford dynasty and a Reagan dynasty and a Bush dynasty.