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An Horrific Possibility
CHEVELLE427
Member Posts: 6,750
i posted this in Politics also to see what happens over there.[;)]
1. Hillary wins the Democratic Party nomination for President
of the United States
2. Naturally, she wants to choose as her running mate someone
with a lot of knowledge and experience in government and
foreign affairs, someone who is a seasoned campaigner who
could bring a lot of strength to the ticket. Who better than
Bill, her husband?!!!
3. Hill and Bill go on to win the election in November and the
Democrats maintain control of the House and the Senate.
4. Hillary is sworn in as President on January 20, 2009. The
next day, after all the inauguration parties are over, she
calls a press conference to make an announcement: she is
resigning as President!!! Bill, as the Vice President,
immediately becomes President!!! This is all perfectly legal
under the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, for it states
that "no person may be elected as president more than twice".
Bill is not being elected for a third term but is merely
serving out the remainder of Hillary's term---all 4 years of it.
5. But wait! There's more! The following day Bill calls a
press conference to make an announcement. He has chosen
someone to fill the now-vacant office of Vice President.
Guess who he picks? Why, Hillary, of course!!!
1. Hillary wins the Democratic Party nomination for President
of the United States
2. Naturally, she wants to choose as her running mate someone
with a lot of knowledge and experience in government and
foreign affairs, someone who is a seasoned campaigner who
could bring a lot of strength to the ticket. Who better than
Bill, her husband?!!!
3. Hill and Bill go on to win the election in November and the
Democrats maintain control of the House and the Senate.
4. Hillary is sworn in as President on January 20, 2009. The
next day, after all the inauguration parties are over, she
calls a press conference to make an announcement: she is
resigning as President!!! Bill, as the Vice President,
immediately becomes President!!! This is all perfectly legal
under the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, for it states
that "no person may be elected as president more than twice".
Bill is not being elected for a third term but is merely
serving out the remainder of Hillary's term---all 4 years of it.
5. But wait! There's more! The following day Bill calls a
press conference to make an announcement. He has chosen
someone to fill the now-vacant office of Vice President.
Guess who he picks? Why, Hillary, of course!!!
Comments
Messing up a good fantasy with the facts.
Just like you.
Doug
quote: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.
He has already been elected twice, so if he serves more than two years of Hillary's term that will put him in violation of the first part of the Amendment.
He would violate the Amendment basackwards from what the writers of the Amendment foresaw, but they didn't specify an order. Basackwards wouldn't be out of character for the boy.
The order of succession now is Speaker of the House, the President pro tempore of the Senate and then the cabinet members by senority if they are eligeble.
That's not so bad I guess. At least we know if anything serious happens, Nancy Pelosi is waiting in the wings to command the country. [xx(]
BTW chevelle, interesting scenario but five men with crowbars couldn't pry that power away from her if she gets in. Let alone Bill, who's nuts are already in a mason jar.
Personally I think she would eat her offspring before giving up the office of president to anyone.
Doug
The concept, to me, of eating chelsea, is repugnant.
Doug
That Doug, is what bags are for[}:)][:0][:D]
Don
James I don't read that the way you do. I think it says if he served more than two years of someone elses term, he can only then be elected once on his own, but cannot hold a second term. Since Bill has served two terms he could not be re-elected, but he could serve all of Hillery's term.
Personally I think she would eat her offspring before giving up the office of president to anyone.
I think we're reading it the same. I just think you're not used to starting at the end and looking backwards.
When he has served two years and one day of Hillary's term, he will have "acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected" and he will have been "elected to the office of the President more than once" making him in violation of the Twenty-Second Amendment.
The Democrat Party might balk at having Moscow Bill as Vice Presidential Candidate. I agree with you that she would never give up the office to anyone for any reason.
quote: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.