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Kennedy vs. Bush

By Staff | Apr 8, 2015

To the editor:

The present hue and cry is that another Bush would run for the presidency. The wording is such that it presumes a great misfortune would follow should this occur. After all, we had George H. Bush, the father, George W. Bush, a son, and now Jeb Bush, another son.

The sounds from the Democratic side of the aisle are mournful and pitiful, offering up the calamity that will be inevitable if another Bush was to ascend to the White House. And why is that? Is it so unusual that one family has personages capable to perform at that level of political direction?

Our history has several such happenings. However, those of little historical knowledge would be surprised that this has had a prior experience. And so, not to place those voters under undue pressure, I will limit my remarks to the last 70 years.

We would most likely start with John F. Kennedy as the President elected in 1960: This following his tenure as a Senator from Massachusetts. However, we also had his father as an ambassador to England some 45 to 50 years prior.

The good President Kennedy brought into the fold his brother Robert as Attorney General, who later also was a candidate for President until murdered during his campaign. Let us not be remiss and exclude the youngest brother. I speak of Ted Kennedy, the youngest elected Senator from his state.

This family was not without its secrets and scandals but they will not be enumerated here.

If one makes the slightest attempt at fairness, one would discover that in comparison the Bush family has been the moral guiding light when compared to the Kennedy family. No White House visits by the Hollywood beauties. No strange accidents on the roads with a female partner. And no history of drunken nights.

And yet, the Democratic Party would have one believe that the Bush family should not occupy the White House for this small reason or another. This can only be understood if the situation is viewed in an intellectual vacuum.

No Presidency is free of missteps. Surely, with the plethora of decisions made on a hour-by-hour basis, problems will arise. It is the nature of the beast.

So, if another Bush (Jeb) was to run, let us examine him from the gallery of fair-minded citizens. The success of our President is the success of the American people.

Joseph L. Kibitlewski

Cape Coral