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Depressing thought for the day
The LawDog Files ^ | May 8, 2008 | The LawDog

Posted on 05/09/2008 9:04:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Mission Creep: The expansion of a project or mission beyond its original goals, often after initial success...

Scooted out to the west to go fishing this morning. It's kind of broken country out that way, some ups and downs, not a whole lot of choices in your radio listening pleasure.

Wound up listening to a whole lot of political radio. Actually, what we listened to, was a whole lot of people running their yaps regarding what their chosen variety of poison presidential candidate was "going to do for America".

About the third time someone mentioned "Obama", "Clinton", McCain", "service" and "the American Public" Chris turned to me and said -- probably channeling Will Rogers -- "Isn't 'service' what a bull does to a cow?"

Heh.

I love my brother.

Article II of the Constitution of the United States defines, enables and empowers the Office of the President.

Section 1 of Article II defines how we elect a President, who may be elected, who gets to be President if the guy currently holding the office doesn't hold it anymore, that he gets paid and what Oath of Office he must take.

Sections 2 and 3 of Article II are what should interest everyone this Election Day -- they state what powers the President shall have.......


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: constitution
Presidential candidates should be required to sign a statement that they have read and understand the Constitution of the US before their name can be placed on any ballot.
1 posted on 05/09/2008 9:04:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Bill Clintoon was a law professor. Hillary could well be a Supreme Court justice.

Sorry. Didn't mean to depress you any further... ;-)

2 posted on 05/09/2008 9:12:46 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: MtnClimber

Why limit that to Presidential candidates?


3 posted on 05/09/2008 9:25:25 AM PDT by Michael.SF.
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To: Billthedrill
Bill could wind up being Secretary General of the United Nations.
Are we depressed now?
4 posted on 05/09/2008 10:21:26 AM PDT by Bobarian (Green: It's the new Red.)
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To: Bobarian

IIRC, I don’t think member nations of the UN Security Council are allowed to have SG appointees. Somebody help me out here.


5 posted on 05/09/2008 10:27:40 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (0bambi: the audacity of hype)
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To: Bobarian
Chelsea could end up running for office. In your state!

Depression...I gotcher depression right here... ;-)

6 posted on 05/09/2008 10:38:07 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Michael.SF.

“Why limit that to Presidential candidates?”

Very good point!


7 posted on 05/09/2008 11:31:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber (Obama pledges to give every typical small town white family a possum sandwich)
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To: MtnClimber; All
Maybe we should just choose the leader of the free world by lottery.
If you want to be the President, you get to buy one ticket, and the lucky winner gets the job.

Couldn't be any worse than what were stuck with now.

8 posted on 05/09/2008 2:31:33 PM PDT by Bobarian (Green: It's the new Red.)
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To: Bobarian

I don’t recall who said it, but very much in line with what I have observed...I would trust the first 100 names in the telephone book more than the US Senate.


9 posted on 05/09/2008 7:16:31 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Obama pledges to give every typical small town white family a possum sandwich)
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