[iontheball]

How is it possible that an ineligible presidential candidate can legitimately select a running mate? The whole ticket was phony from the get go. Are the democrats going to try and argue that this is a big surprise and that no one could have known there was an issue of eligibility before they went ahead with their convention? That position will really set the country off. Just let Pelosi and Reid try to sell that one to the public.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Everybody is afraid to touch this one. And the press (radio & TV) has been warned (upon threat of losing their licenses and worse) to never mention it. They were even given a list of other words to use in case a caller brought it up. Laugh it off, don’t discuss it, etc. Can’t remember the name of the article, but Canada Free Press brought this up and wrote the whole story about a month ago.

FWIW, I totally agree with you. Head of the ticket was bogus from the get go. I want a do over, but at the rate he is dismantling this economy it’s unlikely to happen.

There is a really ugly thread running through the minority community while many suburban whites have not been paying attention. Many of them have been gaming the system and spreading generations of hate while many of us have been fiddling while Rome burns. The Won could commit a heinous crime in broad daylight in front of 1000 eye-witnesses and there is a sizable element that would excuse him and re-elect him. You know who they are.

[Tennessee Nana]

How is it possible that an ineligible presidential candidate can legitimately select a running mate? The whole ticket was phony from the get go.
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I menttioned something to that effec t up thread...

or maybe another thread...

I was informed that since the Democrats had voted for the ticket at their convention, Biden was legal and would take over as POTUS...

LOL

Ah nope...

:)

[GregNH]

The process in place before the parties went to a "ticket" for P & VP we voted for a P & VP separately. The electoral college issued certificates for V & VP. In the joint session the certificates were validated and counted and P & VP declared by majority vote. The process today is the same except the joint session is validating a P&VP from a certificate that bares both names. § 19. (a) (1) If, by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, inability, or failure to qualify, there is neither a President nor Vice President to discharge the powers and duties of the office of President, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, upon his resignation as Speaker and as Representative in Congress, act as President. I believe, and I can't find it this morning, but if the P&VP in this case are deemed "unqualified" then the speaker would act as P "until such as a P has qualified" meaning that the next highest vote getter. Now here is where we really get into trouble. I have read in many places where McCain is also qualified. And be assured the other will be quick to point that out. So back to above point. Biden is thrown out with the Obaby water along with Pelosi and Ried and we could make a case for Hillary so the whole succession thing get thrown into a tail spin and I just can't come up with a constitutional P and we may have to have a special election.