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Obama Says ‘I Could Win’ 3rd Term as President
The New York Times ^ | July 28, 2015 | Peter Baker

Posted on 07/28/2015 10:56:13 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Obama asserted on Tuesday that he could win a third term if allowed by the Constitution, but said he was looking forward to life after the presidency, when he will be able to take a walk and spend more time with his family.

As he wrapped up what may be his final trip to Africa while in office, Mr. Obama took aim at some of the continent’s gerontocracy and called on long-entrenched leaders to step down, declaring that “nobody should be president for life.” But it led to an off-the-cuff riff about his own improved political standing and his future.

“I actually think I’m a pretty good president,” Mr. Obama said, departing from his prepared text in a speech at the African Union. “I think if I ran, I could win.”

“There’s a lot that I’d like to do to keep America moving,” he added. “But the law is the law,” he said, “and no person is above the law, not even the president.”

The comments reflect a bitter issue in Africa: the attempts by some leaders to hold onto power well beyond their terms expire. Just this month, the president of Burundi pushed through with elections that gave him a third term in office, throwing his nation into upheaval in a move widely regarded as violating the country’s constitution and a peace agreement that ended a devastating civil war....

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 201507; 20150728; 2016; africa; bloat; burundi; clingers; ethiopia; obama; thirdterm
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To: madison10

Isn’t that what Russia got with Putin somehow getting a third term? No thanks, keep it in Russia, and let’s keep our 22nd Amendment.


41 posted on 07/28/2015 11:11:57 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: NormsRevenge

Norm, she didn’t get that ass from no salad bar.


42 posted on 07/28/2015 11:12:39 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: nascarnation

“Baraq is ready to ... ride off to 40 years of total leisure and opulence.”

Or so he thinks....


43 posted on 07/28/2015 11:12:50 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He has made several statements about ruling without Congress or staying on after the term is supposed to end.

Why?


44 posted on 07/28/2015 11:13:38 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: SaveFerris

Cleavon Little was great


45 posted on 07/28/2015 11:13:43 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow, watch the weak-minded fall for this bait.


46 posted on 07/28/2015 11:14:35 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Scott Walker - a more conservative governor than Ronald Reagan)
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To: Farmer Dean

You may not be far off! I can see this creature’s masters precipitating a crisis as the basis for suspending the Constitution. (i admit the probability is very low but it is still there)


47 posted on 07/28/2015 11:15:13 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The fewer taxpayers we have, the more tax users we have...then yes, he could probably win a third term if he could run again.

Fact is free market capitalism, private property rights, and individual liberty are NOT compatible with popular mass democracy. Our Founding Fathers understood this. That’s why they established a limited government constitutional republic. The Electoral College was set up to elect the president. US Senators were elected by state legislators, not popular vote. Voting in federal elections was limited only to property owners. I now see the wisdom of that model. Popular mass democracy leads to unlimited government which leads to socialism. Our Founding Fathers got it. Too bad we don’t.


48 posted on 07/28/2015 11:16:29 AM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: varyouga

Just the take from POTUS pardon bribes will be astounding.

Then the huge contributions to the “Baraq Obama Foundation” / speaking fees.

They’ll make the Clintons look like paupers.


49 posted on 07/28/2015 11:16:36 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: al baby
Interesting little tidbit:

Brooks quit when Warner Bros. refused to cast his first choice for Black Bart, co-writer and gonzo comedian Richard Pryor.

“The studio said he couldn’t be insured after a drug arrest. Richard urged me to return and audition other actors. He thought Cleavon Little was a better choice than him — ‘He’s a stage-trained actor, charming, handsome and strong, plus this guy is coal-black, way darker than me. He’s going to scare the s–t out of that town.’ ”

50 posted on 07/28/2015 11:16:46 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

They all have.


51 posted on 07/28/2015 11:16:48 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“But the law is the law,” he said, “and no person is above the law, not even the president.”

Sez the jabroni who writes law himself.

52 posted on 07/28/2015 11:17:36 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
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To: Snickering Hound

President Piso Mojado.


53 posted on 07/28/2015 11:18:44 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: dfwgator

Cleavon was probably the better choice, anyways.


54 posted on 07/28/2015 11:20:40 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
In Starship Troopers author Robert A. Heinlein posited a world in which only veterans might vote or hold office.
55 posted on 07/28/2015 11:22:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: SaveFerris

Yeah, it wouldn’t have worked with Pryor. Pryor was great and all, but he was a bit too cartoonish and hyper for the role.


56 posted on 07/28/2015 11:22:35 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Fido969
President Selfie-Stick strikes again.

The best term I've heard for those is "narcisstick."

57 posted on 07/28/2015 11:25:04 AM PDT by Disambiguator (Cis-American)
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To: Snickering Hound

Jeb’s looking more and more like Chevy Chase


58 posted on 07/28/2015 11:25:40 AM PDT by tsowellfan (www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would not exclude veterans or military servicemen from voting, property owners or not. They have obviously served their country and earned the right to vote. My point was we have too many people voting who have no stake at all in this country. They just vote for the politicians and the Party promising the most free stuff, regardless of how it impacts others.


59 posted on 07/28/2015 11:26:23 AM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Cowboy Bob
So could have Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

George H.W. Bush is a testimony to that fact. Al Gore however...

And how do you suppose Joe Biden would do? ;-)
60 posted on 07/28/2015 11:26:52 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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