Presidential Candidates with "problem" siblings

bloom

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Tue Jan-27-04 11:50 AM
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Presidential Candidates with "problem" siblings

Somebody said that Kerry has a "felon brother", Cameron Kerry.

Bush* has Neil with plenty of problems. Clinton had a brother with problems, as did Carter. I don't know about Reagan....

Does it mean the candidate tries harder in life to compensate, somehow?

Any other candidates have "problem" siblings?

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jsw_81

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Tue Jan-27-04 11:55 AM
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1. Yes

Edited on Tue Jan-27-04 11:56 AM by jsw_81

Richard Nixon had a younger brother who was a real loser and involved in all kinds of illegal activity (but so was his brother the president). He was even put under FBI surveillance at one point.

Michael Dukakis had an older brother, Stelian, who suffered from mental illness back when the Duke first started running for office in the 1960's. Stelian even tried to sabotage his brother's campaign for the legislature. Sadly, he was killed by a hit and run driver while riding his bicycle.

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liberalitch

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Tue Jan-27-04 11:55 AM
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2. raygun had

no human siblings... being raised by wolves and all.
Although now the pack sees him as a disgrace.

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Bronco69

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Tue Jan-27-04 11:59 AM
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3. ROFL!

:-)

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in_cog_ni_to

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Tue Jan-27-04 11:59 AM
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4. I don't know,

but Thank G-D Wesley Clark is an ONLY child!

Go Wes!

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David Dunham

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:01 PM
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5. Cam Kerry Is Not a Felon; He's a Successful Top MA Lawyer

I know Cam Kerry, and he is a leading partner at pne of Boston's most successful law firms.

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bloom

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:46 PM
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10. sorry - I don't know why people are referring to him

as a felon... :shrug:

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seaglass

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:48 PM
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12. So why would you spread it?

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Tue Jan-27-04 01:34 PM
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20. It's defamatory to spread rumours like that. Cam Kerry isn't a public

official.

Cam Kerry probably isn't going to sue anyone, but, people, get a grip on your rumour mongering.

Even if you're not going to get sued, you should behave like you respect the law.

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Benhurst

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:14 PM
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6. All the brothers Bush are "problems." n/t

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HawkerHurricane

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:20 PM
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7. joke

What's the difference between Jimmy Carter and Jeb Bush?
Jimmy Carter's idiot brother was never called president.

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elsiesummers

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Tue Jan-27-04 01:11 PM
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17. Billy Carter read a book a day

according to a PBS documentary on Jimmy Carter that I saw last year. Sure Billy drank and promoted Billy Beer - but that's a pretty harmless thing, all in all.

We would be fortunate to have a president as educated as Billy Carter - rather than the incurious puppet currently in the Oval Office.

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HawkerHurricane

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Tue Jan-27-04 01:29 PM
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19. I apoligize to Billy Carter

Who, after all was said and done, not a bad person. Unlike Jeb Bush's brother(s).

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morningglory

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:47 PM
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11. All the bush brothers have problems including the chimp. n/t

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LizW

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:21 PM
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8. Everyone has a "problem" sibling

I have one, my husband has two.

Many of my friends who have several siblings have a sib who is a "black sheep", or who has been divorced more than once, or has money problems, or substance abuse problems, or has been in trouble with the law.

It doesn't reflect badly on a public person if they have a sibling who gets in trouble. I think it can make that public person more tolerant and empathetic, because they have had the experience of trying to help a family member who has screwed up.

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bloom

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:53 PM
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14. What I was wondering

was if there was a correlation where people who had siblings who had problems somehow wanted to make up for it in a big way - by becoming the president. Kind of like a family dysfunction reaction.

I certainly wasn't saying that I thought that the sibling's problem reflected badly on the candidate. On the contrary - I thought it was possible that the candidate would try harder than someone without such a family member.

And as you suggest - can also be more tolerant, etc. Not a bad thing.

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seaglass

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:29 PM
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9. Is this the gossip thread?

Because one poster said Kerry's brother was a felon, you're going to start spreading this?

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bloom

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:55 PM
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15. well actually - I thought two or three said it

I guess that would make me 3-4.

Pretty soon CNN might pick up on it. :D

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seaglass

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Tue Jan-27-04 01:02 PM
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16. Well, you know a lot of the Dean people have this pattern

of coming up with cute little sayings and spreading them around DU; "poop" and "I heard that before" come to mind.

This is just the newest one, I think the best they can hope for is it getting picked up by Drudge - seems right up his alley.

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Jerseycoa

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Tue Jan-27-04 12:50 PM
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13. Clark's stepbrother is a Republican

But they only just met, so it's probably not scandal material.

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Adjoran

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Tue Jan-27-04 01:21 PM
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18. Nixon also had a brother

Donald, who was something of an embarassment. Nothing to make the papers, but he was always trading on the Nixon name to put together business deals. Tricky avoided being seen with him in public for years.

Billy Carter was the very biggest screw-up, he signed a contract to lobby for Libya. He should have stuck with Billy Beer (SLOGAN: "It's the best beer I've ever tasted, and I've tasted a lot!").

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