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To: Frank_Discussion
Contender (What Constitution?), Frank_Discussion wrote: "The exact text is: "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

No the exact text is: "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."

The "But" changes the landscape - it means all before the "but" is true up until the conditions after the "but" are in effect.

If BJC is ineligible for president, he is ineligible for vice-president, after the "but".

I'm sorry, but I'm not following your reasoning at all. Like I said before, I do not think it is clear if Clinton could run as vice-president or not. Feel free to have the last word reasserting your rock-solid belief that he is ineligible.

72 posted on 06/04/2004 2:47:34 PM PDT by olorin
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To: olorin

I am not trying to have the last word.

The "but" is an instrument of language that seperates one set of conditions from another set of conditions in the discussion of a topic.

The sentence with the "but" is meant to sya, essentially: "Yes, satisfy the above you can be president, BUT if these other conditions exist, you cannot be president."

"...reasserting your rock-solid belief that he is ineligible."

Rock-solid? You bet. Doesn't mean someone or some entity won't try to "nuance" it to death.


75 posted on 06/04/2004 2:54:12 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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