Pictures of the Day- A Couple of Ex-Bosses in Colbert's Farewell

Well played by President Clinton (though I technically worked for Hillary, it counts) and Senator Booker. Gifs from Vox.

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The Bush Family is Not the Clinton Family

With Jeb Bush saying he's thinking about running for President, again, inevitably the press had to say and write something nonsensical. In this case, it was comparing the Bush Family to the Clinton Family, and talking about them both as "dynasties." This is pretty ridiculous. In fact, it's really ridiculous. They really don't have anything in common. A few reasons why:

1. The Clintons are in their first generation. Bill came from basically nothing politically, and Hillary is not the daughter of a high office holder. George W. and Jeb are the son of a President, who's father-in-law was a Senator. 
2. Similarly, the Clintons are a couple who have built a political brand, not the offspring of a man who made it to the Presidency.
3. They sort of ran against each other in an election that was actually quite consequential.
4. Bill Clinton lead the nation through a decade of unmatched growth, and rising wages for our middle and lower classes, as well as over 20 million jobs created. George W. Bush left office in the midst of a complete economic meltdown.
5. Bill Clinton oversaw a period of relative peace. That's not the same as the Bush family's record.

In other words- no, these are not two "equal dynasties." Just stop now. 

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