Clinton Dynasty A Threat To American Democracy
1 comment May 7th, 2007
Nicholas Kristof, a columnist with The New York Times, had a piece today warning of the threat to American democracy and egalitarianism if Hillary Clinton were elected president. He uttered the warning despite his caveat that if it weren’t for the family connection with Bill Clinton, he othwise thinks Hillary would be the cat’s pajamas as president. He repeats the warning that is a central argument in my book, “Hillary Clinton Nude.”
My case on the issue of hereditary rule is that Hillary Clinton being elected and serving 2 terms would mean for 7 consecutive presidential terms, or 28 uninterupted years, two families will have dominated the White House. That, in a nation of 300 million! This is not democracy, but aristocracy, the very antithesis of the principles that led the nation’s founding fathers to launch the American Revolution. Mr. Kristof, in his column, repeats my argument.
Where I differ with Nicholas Kristof is that I, unlike him, believe Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a horrible president, even without the familiy connection to a previous president. However, it is encouraging that some in the mainstream media are at least troubled with the notion that America should be ruled by a permanent, hereditary aristocracy.
