I’m looking for an ism that GWB got accused of when he brought his lackeys into high status positions in his administration. It’s synonymous with favoritism, but at a political level. For the life of me I can’t get the word to appear from the dark recesses of my brain.
Cronyism?
Nepotism?
Nepotism it is.
Sorry, gotta favor cronyism: The practice of favoring one’s close friends, esp. in political appointments.
Nepotism: patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
The above cites were from dictionary.com, BTW.
Yeah, even though I suggested nepotism, I am thinking cronyism is a better fit. 
How he got in the Whte House is nepotism.
Yep.
Yep! Cronyism it is. =) Man, that felt like finally reaching a part of your body that’s been itching for awhile.
I dunno about that since he was"hired" by the voters, not a relative (though arguably, party members impressed by his family got him the nomination); a better term might be “romanticism” on the part of voters who seem to want the restoration of the monarchy.
Anyway, I vote “cronyism” for the OP’s question.
Johannesburg!
Old Gil Scott Heron tune.
ahem
oooookay.
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Thunderbird!
Even older cheapass wine commercial.
I figured nepotism for in 1999 when the governor of Florida was involved with the bondoggle that was his state, putting Bush in office 2000.
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I’m quite liberal and comments like this are embarrassing. His connections in politics might be nepotism, but he did win without help from Jeb Bush.
Anyway…
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Yeah, if Jeb had had that much influence, it wouldn’t have had to go to SCUSA.