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In reply to the discussion: How does Bernie feel about political dynasties now? [View all]Orsino
(37,428 posts)114. She rode coattails into the Senate and SoS, but not without her own merit.
In her case, at least, it's nothing to be ashamed of. She put her own career on hold long ago to be First Lady in Arkansas and for the nation, but made First Lady mean more than it ever had, and was able to leap into the Senate and do a good job (in spite of my reservations about carpetbagging).
It is not her fault that we made her take a roundabout path toward being the most qualified presidential candidate in about ever. She is an exception to any qualms I have about dynasties, and exceptional in most other ways, too.
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About $500K over three years, as Burlington College was floundering and about to fail.
George II
Mar 2018
#42
Her pay was equal to HALF the total tuition received every year. Crazy stupid greedy.
bettyellen
Mar 2018
#44
There wasnt really a Clinton dynasty either though. Hillary wasnt Bills daughter.
emulatorloo
Mar 2018
#9
Can you imagine what folk would be saying if Obamas or Clintons out-of-wedlock son ran for office?
EffieBlack
Mar 2018
#19
Same -I'm thinking all this above going down the thread but not just if he had a kid out of
lunasun
Mar 2018
#25
I never heard this either . Something repugs would have jumped on if he was nominated
lunasun
Mar 2018
#77
This has to do with CURRENT politics, not the primary. Bernie has always been opposed
pnwmom
Mar 2018
#13
The OP isn't about a "we." Did you notice they are running AGAINST Democrats?
Honeycombe8
Mar 2018
#56
Oh snap. I wondered if they were Dems, but didn't care enough to look further. nt
Hekate
Mar 2018
#81
I don't remember the name of this person, but I read somewhere that there already
pnwmom
Mar 2018
#31
I saw an interview where he listed his issues- free healthcare and college and income equality.
bettyellen
Mar 2018
#45
It's too bad Bernie framed it this way in the first place, both to his family and to the country...
Hekate
Mar 2018
#36
I agree. And Chelsea isn't running for anything. But Levi can't stand that she still gets attention.
pnwmom
Mar 2018
#39
I do. I don't think people should be ruled out as candidates simply because they have a relative
pnwmom
Mar 2018
#49
What has Levi done that he has a right to criticize Chelsea for daring to show her face in public?
pnwmom
Mar 2018
#59
I'm judging Levi for what Levi says. And one thing he said (besides being nasty about Chelsea)
pnwmom
Mar 2018
#66
Notice that both kids are running against Democrats. They are anti-Democratic Party.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2018
#55
Yes, someone corrected that elsewhere. It's only his daughter that's not in Dem Party.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2018
#110
That's because it's so flexible. It's used against whoever your opponent is when there
pnwmom
Mar 2018
#80
It's a question. Does he agree with his son? His son claims they agree on everything
pnwmom
Mar 2018
#70
That's a quote from the TV scene the poster was describing.... not something stated here.
KTM
Mar 2018
#106