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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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  • Wednesday, December 3, 2008 08:01 AM

    Patrick Morgan

    I've disagreed with Glenn in the past and never been censored for it. Maybe your vulgarity or technic is to blame?

    There's criticism of and disagreement with what I write in every single post of mine -- often intense, sometimes even foul, disagreement. All anyone has to do is check any random comment thread to see I don't delete dissent or have any content-based deletions.

    Hawkd is ElectoRobert and a whole slew of other names who has repeatedly attempted to disrupt the discussion here with the same idiot nonsequitors over and over and over ("Slaughter the Jews. It's all their fault"). He's proven beyond any doubt that his presence here is purely disruptive and it's not wanted, even if -- one extremely rare occasions -- he writes something relatively harmless.

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