David--

Do you recall who floated that idea--and where and when and so on?  

It would not surprise me overly if some conservative Americans broached the notion--but I am curious to the particular context.

Thanks!

Kevin

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>Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:14:08 -0400
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>And if the consensus choice for the first American monarch was George Washington, his lack of offspring would have made resolving the succession a question of some importance.
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>As to the universal rejection of monarchy, however, wasn't the idea floated of inviting some European princeling -- German of some sort I think -- to become the monarch?  Attempting to elevate a commoner to monarchy --even an admired commoner like GW -- was not exactly going to inspire the kind of stability and order that conservative monocrats would seek by having a monarchy in the first place.
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>Just two cents worth for the pot.
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>David Kiracofe
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