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Here's a good one I seen on Fox News today. Forget your opinions either way on the former Prez.
At the moment, if he were to be elected as VP, he might technically be able to serve as President again. I'll try to relate the way it was explained today. The Constitution states something to the effect one cannot be elected to 2 terms of the office of the Prez. If he were VP and for some reason had to take over as Prez, he technically could do it because he would achieve the office by virture of his election as VP, not the Prez. It seems there is a potential loophole in the Constitution that could allow this. The news story said the Constitutional scholars will be looking at this to see if it could legally be done. This should be an interesting story to follow.  |
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Amendment XXII
Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. This is generally read to mean that someone cannot serve as POTUS for more than 10 years. |
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I couldn't take two more years of Monica ...
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Got a cigar?
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Now that is a painful homework assignment! Imagine for a minute, either one of these political animals trusting the other to be "one heartbeat away?"  I noticed the amendment used the term "elected." How about "appointed," as in Ford and Rockefeller? Gosh, this is good clean fun!  |
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Don't laugh....one of the things they we're discussing on the report was the definition of "elected" in this particular paragraph of the Constitution. |
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You people must live in a tent. Prez Bill presided over a peaceful, prosperous, surplus period in our history ... NONE of which we have today. We're worried Bush is gonna declare martial law and take over - he's laying groundwork for a North American Union ... and you're worried that Clinton can somehow (if it's even possible now) will manipulate another term in office?
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"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" - Gordon Lightfoot |
I keep getting this image...
On a morning when President Hillary is scheduled to depart for a long overseas trip, there's Wild Bill all bright eyed and bushy tailed with a twinkle in his eye and a bounce in his step. He's shaving first thing in the morning singing that Rod Stewart song, "I wish that I knew what I know now...when I was younger.." Like a teenager watching his parents pull out for a weeks vacation leaving him home....alone.   Don |
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Had President Clinton (and others) taken adequate steps to fight terrorism before it came to our shores, President Bush would not be fighting the war on terror now.
I am not placing the blame for today’s terrorist situation solely on the shoulders of President Clinton as there is enough blame to go around. Jimmy and Ronny could have taken better action, as could daddy Bush and Clinton. But don’t blame the war on terror on just President Bush as there are a lot of folks that had a hand in it. He was the first president to do more than just SAY that the terrorists had to pay! Launching cruise missiles into sand is not an adequate response to terrorism but instead, is a display of weakness. Also, the dictionary was expanded during President Clinton’s reign. We now know that we are really never ‘alone’ in this world. We know that the word ‘is’ has special nuances that may be exploited to our benefit. We discovered that a humidor did not necessarily need to be made of wood. We found out who the ‘Devil with a Blue Dress’ was. And we realized that perjury committed by elected officials shall be punishable by… well, nothing! I miss the Good Old Days! In closing, if he was to serve again, we would deserve the leadership we got. Standing by for heavy rolls.  |
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Peaceful? - USS Cole. Troops to Bosnia, they're still there. Prosperous? - It was the internet boom, all the dot.coms. The same thing would have happened with a wooden Indian sitting in the oval office. And the boom busted in 2000. The last year of his presidency the economy was in steady decline. Surplus? - Some scoff at this and say it was funny bookkeeping. I don't really know. I do know that I was paying higher taxes. NONE of which we have today - While the economic doomsday predictors have been hard at work, the stock market quietly reached new record heights in the past year, and my mutual funds got back to where they were before the dotcom and 9/11 busts. And I welcomed the tax cuts. But I admit, the last 30 days have been tough. Most important - I remember on Sept 12, when after 24 hrs, things were soaking in, that I said, "thank God that Clinton isn't still President". I've never wavered from that thought. Just the thought of that guy being even near the White House puts a knot in my stomach, so that when Hillary runs, voting becomes as simple as ABC - anybody but Clinton. |
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Surplus during Clinton?
Ha! It was all on PAPER. There was no surplus. |
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Impeach Clinton, and her husband
 . Whoops, that was last go around with the Clintons  . I have to go along with Tubaman, the thought of the clintons back in the whitehouse makes my skin crawl. I would hope America has learned it's lesson about them from last time. I fully support ABC as tuba said!!! |
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You aren't prejuiced against women are you
ANY ONE BUT ANOTHER BUSH |
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"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" - Gordon Lightfoot |
Surplus huh? With USCS, the offices in Marathon (FL Keys) was closed. Naples, FL...closed. The Air Branch in Homestead, skeleton crews, 2 to a Black Hawk with no takedown guys. Key Largo went from 45 agents and officers to about 12. Key West the same. Navy Hydrofoils, the things that scared the drug smuggler on boats the most....mothballed. Barely any hirings for all USCS positions during his 8 yrs. Lack of fuel budget for patrols. Hmmmm. Don |
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I wouldn't mind seeing Sect Condi Rice stick around.....I like her. I wouldn't want Prez Bush sticking around, nor would I want any of the Clintons showing up again. Time for some fresh faces. Up to this point, Prez Bush has done his job despite the Congressional naysayers, doomsdayers, fatalists and tilted media/bloggers. He's far from perfect, but considering all the political adversity he's faced, I have no major complaints. |
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Hello Esther, I'm far from prejuiced against women. Like TVC I'd vote for rice if she ran . I am however sick in my stomach over Hillary and think she would make the worst president this country. Anything crooked this last decade in politics seemed to have Clinton ties one way or another. Plus, let's not forget the disdain toward the Military the Clintons have historicly shown.  |
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I still say "not another one like Bush" I'm still making up my mind. Why don't they throw out the electorcollege and let the voters count for something?
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Are you prejudiced against our constitutional republic? What else doesn't suit our fancy? Hmmm what else can we just toss aside? |
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"I am not giving them hell. I am just describing it, and it seems like hell." Harry S Truman  |
Geeez. It looks like we might be getting close to agreeing with one another about something -- in this case the benefits of the Electoral College. I don't want to make a habit of this, so I bid you "Good Night!" ...gjd |
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Military.com Forums Coast Guard Discussions The Soapbox Say It Ain't So....Prez Bill Clinton Part III!
