Family Business
Posted: December 9th, 2008, 11:58 pm
America really wants to be an aristocracy if not a monarchy. We have a strange atavistic desire to return to pre-revolutionary days where the rich and famous rule and we aren't troubled by messy things like elections.
Dynasties are so comforting. They are orderly. Why shouldn't politics be a family business?
Consider the Adams, the Roosevelts the Kennedys the Bushs the Clintons. Coumo, Shriver, Schwarzenegger, The Dalys, Jesse and Jesse jr.---the list goes on. Political royalty. Ruling families.
We only need to ask ourselves this question: Why does a politician need to spend a half a billion dollars to campaign for an office that pays less than a half a million dollars a year? It's because a political campaign is about brand building. Don't be surprised when Chelsea Clinton throws her hat in the ring and The Poet's Eye is on the Obama daughters.
Dynasties are so comforting. They are orderly. Why shouldn't politics be a family business?
Consider the Adams, the Roosevelts the Kennedys the Bushs the Clintons. Coumo, Shriver, Schwarzenegger, The Dalys, Jesse and Jesse jr.---the list goes on. Political royalty. Ruling families.
We only need to ask ourselves this question: Why does a politician need to spend a half a billion dollars to campaign for an office that pays less than a half a million dollars a year? It's because a political campaign is about brand building. Don't be surprised when Chelsea Clinton throws her hat in the ring and The Poet's Eye is on the Obama daughters.