(07-13-2018 03:00 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(07-13-2018 11:31 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(07-13-2018 10:50 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(07-13-2018 09:42 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  I guess you think JFK made it swampier when he nominated his brother for AG. Not exactly unprecedented. At least the Trump family is not in a cabinet post.

Ahh, but the Kennedys are saints. Because they were charming and had "vigah", their sins are not sins at all. It's really quite simple!

Oh c'mon.

George and OO, do you really think that relying on a POTUS's actions 50+ years ago is a good leg to stand upon when trying to defend the actions of today? Sure, it shows that there once was precedent, but then nepotism laws were put in place to stop that sort of thing. OO's deflection does nothing to justify why it's OK today - all it does is to try and deflect.

Not at all -- and I'm not defending anything. I was just getting in an opportune dig at Kennedy idolatry, which is something I've disliked for longer than I've even heard of Donald Trump. It is just an aside on my part on my part -- not in order to deflect others from present-day topics, but just because I felt like saying it.

Ahhh... A George version of the Monty Python standard line "And now for something completely different"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGK8IC-bGnU