Posted on 01/15/2009 11:10:42 AM PST by curth
With President-elect Barack Obama set to take the oath of office to begin his first term, one New York Congressman wants to make it possible for him to one day serve a third. Representative Jose Serrano (D) has introduced a bill in the House to abolish the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which limits presidents to two consecutive terms or ten years in office.
Until 1951, there was nothing preventing a president from seeing election for more than two terms. But all presidents prior to Franklin Delano Roosevelt honored a tradition begun by George Washington and served only two consecutive terms. Roosevelt stood for election for an unprecedented third term at the dawn of World War II and was elected to a fourth, only to die in office within months of his inauguration. He is the only American president to serve more than two terms.
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Since the primary process will not be changed, that is pretty much guaranteed. For 2012 all those cross-over Dims in the primaries will pick another candidate guaranteed to lose to theirs.
we are supposed to worship the lousy mousy foreign dude?
His name is George Soros.
Obamanation does NOT need three terms. I have full confidence that he will totally frick up the Nation is just four short years.
“The left wants PERMANENT CONTROL and will do all that is possible to make it so!!”
Indeed, and there are patriots that want to live in freedom.... and will do all that is possible to make it so.
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)
Do we need to go back to the smoke filled rooms?
His constituents are as dumb as he is.
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Well said!
Jose Serrano is firmly entrenched and isn’t going anywhere soon. He is Congressman of one of the highest Hispanic districts in the country—mostly Puerto Rican and Dominican (some citizens, large green card holders, some illegals) with an increasing amount of Mexicans (mostly illegal anyway). If anyone challenged Serrano from within the Democrats if wouldn’t be over this issue, and you can forget about a successful GOP here.
I’m not angry at him at all. I just despise him and his politics.
I’m ANGRY at the American voter.
Here are the three terms I have for him:
1.Socialist
2.Manchild
3.Putz
Why? Is Panama Red back in town?
You are correct, and you win the today’s Constitutional Knowledge award!
;^)
Yeah! One Term! The term of Office Of President Elect would be perfect!
Why stop at 3 terms. How about President for Life
You said — “Can you believe this shit? Folks, it is getting scarier by the day. Anyone who lives in this idiot Serano’s district should drum his ass out of office ASAP.”
Naaaah..., it won’t happen. It has to get 3/4 of the states to pass a Constitutional Amendment to do that.
One thing I would point out, though — and it’s good to keep this in mind for all Constitutional Amendments being proposed — make sure that there is a time limit (in the Constitutional Amendment) for ratification of it.
There was one Constitutional Amendment that was passed recently, after being unapproved for over two hundred years. They *finally* got enough states to pass it. So, make sure there is a time limit. Usually 7 years is a number that is used...
But, I don’t think it will even get to the actual Amendment stage, in Congress. And, if it does, I doubt it can get 3/4 of the states to approve it. And even then, by a *long stretch* even if such a thing were to pass, it would be past the time Obama would be in office. So, I don’t think he could even take advantage of it.
However, I would fight against changing the Constitution with this particular Amendment. The limitation is in there now, and so leave it alone.
I say we end this political system, pick a person at random to serve as president every 4 years. That would end the special interests and common folk would act in the countries interest, end of story.
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