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Completely false. No person who has served as President, by election or by succession, for more than 2192 days can be ELECTED to the office of President.

Not true. Consider the last line of the 12^th Amendment. "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

This means more than just ineligible to be elected VP. It means that B-J Clinton, GW Bush, and BH 0bama may not SERVE as VP even if they could be elected to it. Interestingly GHW Bush WOULD be eligible to be VP.

Consider also Henry Kissinger. When he was Secretary of State he was not a part of the line of succession because he was ineligible to hold the office of President. He would also have been ineligible to replace Spiro Agnew.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

But that's exactly my point. Amendment XII: "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President..."

The 22nd Amendment does not create constitutional ineligibility to the office of President. If it did, instead of saying "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", it would say, "No person shall hold the office of the President for more than eight years, 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 hold the office of the President for more than four years."

Or, stated even more simply, "Any person elected to the office of the President twice, or any 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 who is subsequently elected once, shall after the completion of his service be ineligible to serve as President in the future".

But it doesn't say that now, does it?