Comments on: Bhutto’s Son will Succeed Her as Head of PPP http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/ Harangues that just make sense Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:49:53 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jem http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/comment-page-1/#comment-311239 Jem Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:51:08 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/#comment-311239 This is how the world works. I'd rather Pakistan vote on one family or the other. It's better than nothing. And Clinton is the most competent candidate fielded by the dems. She's as qualified as Edwards or Obama or Fred. She's not as qualified as W, the reelected governor of a bipartisan Texas, but she's not just a dynasty candidate. She's a symbol and a force of her own, and she was one very early in the Clinton presidency. I wouldn't vote for Hillary except in the most dire of circumstances, but I think it's quite silly to compare the corrupt family succession in places like Pakistan with Clinton's campaign. She's a symbol of a party that will have to fight very hard against the GOP. And Bush has had to fight very hard to keep his job. This is democracy, and it's not perfect but it's ok. This is how the world works. I’d rather Pakistan vote on one family or the other. It’s better than nothing.

And Clinton is the most competent candidate fielded by the dems. She’s as qualified as Edwards or Obama or Fred. She’s not as qualified as W, the reelected governor of a bipartisan Texas, but she’s not just a dynasty candidate. She’s a symbol and a force of her own, and she was one very early in the Clinton presidency.

I wouldn’t vote for Hillary except in the most dire of circumstances, but I think it’s quite silly to compare the corrupt family succession in places like Pakistan with Clinton’s campaign.

She’s a symbol of a party that will have to fight very hard against the GOP. And Bush has had to fight very hard to keep his job. This is democracy, and it’s not perfect but it’s ok.

]]> By: blah http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/comment-page-1/#comment-311191 blah Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:04:37 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/#comment-311191 http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/006872.html http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/006872.html

]]> By: stef http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/comment-page-1/#comment-311187 stef Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:49:06 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/#comment-311187 "Its a dynasty of entitlement - just like the Clinton’s." Yeah. See how far he has gone on his parent's success. “Its a dynasty of entitlement – just like the Clinton’s.”

Yeah. See how far he has gone on his parent’s success.

]]> By: Another Drew http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/comment-page-1/#comment-311142 Another Drew Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:38:02 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/#comment-311142 While he is at Oxford, I suppose he should drop by his tailor on Saville Row for some new suits. Ones with concentric circles on the back should do just fine. While he is at Oxford, I suppose he should drop by his tailor on Saville Row for some new suits. Ones with concentric circles on the back should do just fine.

]]> By: Old Coot http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/comment-page-1/#comment-311139 Old Coot Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:28:20 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/#comment-311139 Milhouse: Add me to that list. Milhouse: Add me to that list.

]]> By: Christoph http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/comment-page-1/#comment-311137 Christoph Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:23:52 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/#comment-311137 I did, Milhouse. I did, Milhouse.

]]> By: Milhouse http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/comment-page-1/#comment-311136 Milhouse Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:22:23 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/#comment-311136 It's not very democratic because Bhutto was never much of a democrat. Remember how she came anywhere near power in the first place - she inherited the PPP from her father (who was hanged for murder, and I have no reason to believe he wasn't guilty). Her own administration was rife with corruption - her husband, who is now a sort of regent for her son, was known as "Mr Ten Percent". It's been beyond me for years why the USA has been boosting her, why it pushed Musharraf into bringing her back from a well-deserved exile. PS: I wonder how many people, on hearing of the Bhutto assassination, wondered whether perhaps Musharraf had been justified in calling a State of Emergency after all, and whether perhaps he ended it too hastily under USA pressure. Not too many, I suppose. It’s not very democratic because Bhutto was never much of a democrat. Remember how she came anywhere near power in the first place – she inherited the PPP from her father (who was hanged for murder, and I have no reason to believe he wasn’t guilty). Her own administration was rife with corruption – her husband, who is now a sort of regent for her son, was known as “Mr Ten Percent”. It’s been beyond me for years why the USA has been boosting her, why it pushed Musharraf into bringing her back from a well-deserved exile.

PS: I wonder how many people, on hearing of the Bhutto assassination, wondered whether perhaps Musharraf had been justified in calling a State of Emergency after all, and whether perhaps he ended it too hastily under USA pressure. Not too many, I suppose.

]]> By: Perfect Sense http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/comment-page-1/#comment-311135 Perfect Sense Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:22:12 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/#comment-311135 <i>...names her 19-year-old son Bilawal as her successor and the new leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party in her will, and her husband Asif Ali Zardari is expected to act as a kind of <b>regent </b>to him until he comes of age...</i> How cute, just like Bill will be Hillary's regent until Hillary come of age --- in the seventh and half year of her Presidency. …names her 19-year-old son Bilawal as her successor and the new leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party in her will, and her husband Asif Ali Zardari is expected to act as a kind of regent to him until he comes of age…

How cute, just like Bill will be Hillary’s regent until Hillary come of age — in the seventh and half year of her Presidency.

]]> By: steve http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/comment-page-1/#comment-311132 steve Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:15:15 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/#comment-311132 Unlike the Bush dynasty of entitlement. Unlike the Bush dynasty of entitlement.

]]> By: Perfect Sense http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/comment-page-1/#comment-311131 Perfect Sense Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:12:12 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/12/30/bhuttos-son-will-succeed-her-as-head-of-ppp/#comment-311131 Its a dynasty of entitlement - just like the Clinton's. Its a dynasty of entitlement – just like the Clinton’s.

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