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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Nepotistic succession in the political class

A large, and rapidly growing, percentage of high elected officials are part of politically powerful families. What accounts for this anti-democratic dynamic?

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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 12:26 AM

    The D.C. Establishment needs an enema

    Greenwald does a masterful job of describing the inbred, incestuous nature of the D.C. Establishment.

    Career political hacks gravitate to Congress the way flies gravitate to shit. After hanging in Congress for years (or decades!), some of them are not averse to helping their little boys and girls succeed them. That way, they, too, can make a career of living on the taxpayers' dime. (I never knew that Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was appointed to the Senate by HER OLD MAN. I hope Sarah Palin challenges her in 2010, and whips her ass.)

    The neocons? What a bunch of inbreds! You've got Big Podhoretz and Little Podhoretz, Big Goldberg and Little Goldberg, Big Kristol and Little Kristol, blah blah blah. It guarantees chickenhawk warmongering and moral depravity.

    The D.C. Establishment is full of shit. A good enema should do the trick.

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