The Man Who Would Be King

totall agree !! it don't take much to ruffle the feathers of that same ol' boo-hooing flock....!

Julius Ceasar also declined when offered kingship (or emperorship!). Strangely, he was then assasinated for ostensibly wanting to be a monarch!

geez.., don't take much to ruffle them same ol' flock feathers.....

Wow! Let me guess .... you're in the sixth grade and just learned a bunch of new curse words? Yeah, not very impressive. Try to blow them away with your witty satire or savvy knowledge of American history.

*** you all republican *** and fuch this white ass bitch and anyone who reads this bullshit

*** this white mother *** bitch

Obviously, this article completely ignored {either purposely or inadvertently} the only biological descendants of George Washington, the children he sired with his slaves. If you consider only the "white" descendants as the only ones eligible for ascendancy to the throne, then there are no direct blood heirs of George Washington. The question that remains then is, "Do the African American blood descendants of the first president count as possible ascendants to a hypothetical "throne?" H-m-m-m-m, I wonder.

Mr.Smith1974....Keep up with the hip American language....which that goodness to our founding father like John Adams, George Washington,John Jay, Hamilton and several others....we have the FREEDOM of speech and no where in the Constitution , Amendments nor present laws was the "ENGLISH LANGUAGE" officially made as the language for The Great United States of America. So we "Yanks as you say, may speak slang or any other language for that matter...til otherwise made law........P.S. If you want to hear proper English why don't you go back to ENGLAND!?!

Obviously, this article completely ignored {either purposely or inadvertently} the only biological descendants of George Washington, the children he sired with his slaves. If you consider only the "white" descendants as the only ones eligible for ascendancy to the throne, then there are no direct blood heirs of George Washington. The question that remains then is, "Do the African American blood descendants of the first president count as possible ascendants to a hypothetical "throne?" H-m-m-m-m, I wonder.

The odds that the specific Paul Washington in the Newsweek article would be King if George Washington had been made monach, would be a number so large, that if written out, even if in scientific notation, it would fill the universe. Consider that one sperm of millions fertilizes the egg. If any other sperm fertilizes the egg, it would not be Paul, but another Washington. Consider that for that sperm to fertilize the egg, every particle in the universe had to move exactly the way it moved in the past or that sperm would not be in position to fertilize the that particular egg. The odds are incalculable. You get the picture. A more accurate article would have acknowledged that a Washington may be king today, but then it would have been an even more boring article. A most likely scenario would have occurred if Washington had become monarch, one of his descendants on the throne would have been guillotined in the Second American Revolution.

If George Washington had no children he has no descendants. By the way he did appoint his nephew Bushrod to the US Supreme Court.

As recently as 1994, Prince Edward (Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son) was offered the postion of King of Estonia if the Royalist party won the election there. In the 19th century such offers were commonplace in royal circles in Europe, and several must have been turned down.

As recently as 1994, Prince Edward (Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son) was offered the postion of King of Estonia if the Royalist party won the election there. In the 19th century such offers were commonplace in royal circles in Europe, and several must have been turned down.

Cromwell hardly counts, his action would better be described as having simply given the same job a different title.

To Mr. Soller and Newsweek:
Thanks for the amusing diversion in this time of financial and (U.S) political turmoil.

To commenters as a whole:
Such emphasis on direct descent, such ignorance of rules of succession...
Such (thankfullly only a few) attempts to express your hate of one (yes, only one) presidential candidate???
Lighten up, people!

To Macuna???ima (10/08/2008 1:27:17 PM), who mentions Atat???urk:
I wish *I* had written that!

It appears that many only care about their descendants or ancestors if they could be famous. Love or natural affinity for children, especially those that happen to be born out of wedlock or through their own lusts was non existent. History shows that this was not true about George Washington, the nation's first president. He adopted one of the children of his wife, Martha. The children were hers by a previous marriage. She was a widow when she married George Washington. In addition, upon his death he freed all of his own slaves and left money in his will for their care. He also stated that he wanted all of them to be taught to read and write. The administrators of his will neglected the latter portion of his will and it is not certain if all received the care that he requested for them. It is to his credit that his will was written before his untimely death.

to add a post scrip to my previous comment, Bolivar also turned down the crown of the country that is named after him, Bolivia.

To Mr. Soller and Newsweek (at 5 p.m. or so)::
Thanks for the amusing diversion in this time of financial and (U.S) political turmoil.

To commenters as a whole (so far):
Such emphasis on direct descent, such ignorance of rules of succession...
Such (thankfullly only a few) attempts to express your hate of one (yes, only one) presidential candidate???
Lighten up, people!

To Macuna???ima (10/08/2008 1:27:17 PM), who mentions Atat???urk:
I wish *I* had written that!