Ted Rall for December 31, 2012
December 28, 2012
January 02, 2013
Transcript:
Pundits say the early presidential front-runners in 2016 are Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush. (Man: In a country with just 311 million people, it's impossible to find qualified leaders outside a few special families. But Clinton and Bush don't have it all sewn up yet. Older political dynasties are revving up. (Man 2: Only the great-great-great grandson of John Quincy Adams can save America! Which would be me.) Why limit nepotistic royalist impulses to American families? (Man 3: 1 out of 200 men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan. As one of those men, I pledge to slaughter taxpayers who earn more than $400,000.) Now that we've had a black president, how about one with pedigree? (Man 1: As Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson's great-great-great-grandson I am infinitely better qualified than Jerry Ford's granddaughter...)
