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Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Syria, Argentina, any number of other countries, as well as all the former monarchies - and all of these countries have proven to history that family ties do not at all guarantee competence, perhaps just the opposite, as we've learned to our chagrin - and "chagrin" cannot begin to describe the destructiveness of and our reactions to the murderous, corrupt and incompetent Bush regime. GW simply could not have been even considered for president had he not been the son of a president, no matter how mediocre.
But too many voters somehow love to place their faith in the son, daughter, wife, cousin, nephew, or even husband of a ruler or legislator. I think part of the logic (to abuse the word shamelessly) is "S/he may be a fool, but s/he's OUR fool!"
It makes no sense - but then of course that's why they do it.
