Posted on 10/18/2006 4:35:15 PM PDT by Hadean
When U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, the "man from Independence" surely did so with the best interests of the American people in mind. But the feisty thirty-third President of the U.S. could not have imagined the potential impact of that act 60 years later.
The bill signed by President Truman revised the order for succession to the presidency. Under the revised law, the U.S. Speaker of the House is in line for succession to the presidency, after the vice president.
No one anticipates that either George Bush or Dick Cheney will die anytime soon, and certainly it seems most unlikely that both men would expire at or about the same time.
Nonetheless, prudence dictates that we remain mindful of the fact that Dick Cheney has a history of serious heart disease. And although George Bush seems in excellent physical health, he did just turn 60 years old, and has been, and continues to be, under enormous stress owing to everything from the war in Iraq to Mark Foley's sexually explicit Instant Messages.
Although we Americans are loath to face it, the fact is that a tandem of terrible events could conspire to leave America without a president or vice president.
In that unlikely but catastrophic situation, the reign of U.S. power would automatically pass to Dennis Hastert, current speaker of the U.S. House.
However, if the Democrats were to gain majority status as a result of the November elections, that doomsday scenario would become even more of a nightmare because the new Speaker of the U.S. House would be none other than Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Democrat from California. She would thus become the forty-fourth President of the United States and the most powerful person on the planet.
Let me repeat that very slowly: If the Democrats regain majority status in the U.S. House, Nancy Pelosi would be in line to become president of the United States should tragedy befall the president and vice president.
Can you even imagine the bug-eyed Pelosi a mere two or threat heartbeats from the Oval Office?
Just the thought of a Pelosi presidency should cause all voters -- regardless of party loyalty -- to think twice, or more, before voting for any Democrat!
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Nancy Pelosi also seems spiritually uplifted by the raging "page" scandal gripping the nation. Indeed, there is an extra spring in her steps, more sparkle in her eyes, and the San Francisco liberal seems to be enjoying those breaking news bulletins about decadence and immorality being on the march in Washington, D.C.
In her excited euphoria over the prospects for personal political gain, Pelosi seems to have lost sight of the fact that several innocent children have been harmed, perhaps irreparably. Pelosi's lust for the Speaker's mantel is apparently more powerful than any concern for abused children.
Perhaps the stench of immorality reminds Pelosi of her beloved San Francisco? After all, the California congresswoman is accustomed to being surrounded by those who practice a perverted version of "Sex in the City," so the current scandal probably makes her feel right at home.
Although Democrats have visions of retaking the House next month, that is not a given. Five weeks is an eternity in politics; nearly anything can happen over that term.
Nonetheless, Pelosi has already started work on her "Housing Cleaning" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/06/ap/politics/mainD8KIV12O0.shtml agenda. Items at the top of her list include:
-- Sever link between lobbyists and legislation. -- Enact all recommendations made by the 9/11 commission -- Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour -- Cut the interest rate on student loans in half. -- Allow government to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies -- Broaden types of stem cell research allowed with federal funds
To accomplish all of her socialist dreams on a "pay as you go" basis, Pelosi plans to roll back some of the Bush tax cuts.
Thus, her scheme is really "Tax as you go."
Nobody has ever accused Nancy Pelosi of being the sharpest knife in the drawer. But her plans to remake America into a benevolent socialist state have been tried again and again, and found lacking.
Besides, Pelosi needs to face the fact that George W. Bush may find much useful life left in that veto pen that he has used only once in six years. Democrats are very unlikely to secure a veto-proof majority in both chambers, so Pelosi's dreams are little more than nightmares in waiting for the bug-eyed liberal from la-la land!
just came out of bathroom dropped a great picture of her shipped it off to waste plant
OR "over my dead body?"
By the time it gets around to Pelosi there won't be many who care.
However, just to imagine the look on Comrade Hitlery's face if the senior-discount-day-face-lift Pelosi accidentally became POTUS before Comrade H!
Not without a bit of regurgitrative reaction.
That's what impeachment is for.
-PJ
The only difference between Nancy Pelosi and Adolf Hitler is Nancy has a thicker moustache.
Ha! Ha! I don't think so LOLLIPOP!!! just another weep-o-crat with hidden agenda
It'll never happen. Since many people have as of yet not heard of her, Nancy would tone down her rhetoric in an effort to make herself look "Reasonable". Then you would have gridlock for the next two years.
Nonsense. You need conviction too. By 67 Senators. It isn't happening. I know this will rile up the gullable, but it isn't happening. It's hyperbole. Democrats will have a maximum of 52 seats in the Senate if EVERYTHING goes their way. So, the democrats including Ben Nelson, Salazar, Joe Lieberman, and 15 Republican Senators are all going to vote to impeach Bush to put Pelosi in charge.
Whatever. She is going to be in charge of the house if the dims win. That is bad enough. But let's be real here.
I also liked DFU's post about a resigning Cheney having his replacement's confirmation blocked in the Senate forever, leaving a hole in the succession which would make Pelosi second-in-line. That would surely entice some whacko to go after the president, if the result is President Pelosi.
-PJ
Not without laughing!
Great photo. I need to do a Pelosi YouTube Sing-Along.
Look at it this way. It would be the shortest tenure of any president. For within hours she would have surrendered to amademajad(however you spell it) who would then cut her head off and we would be West Iran
How about "We will, we will Kill YOU" to queens we will Rock You? (think I got that right)
I think your ability to adapt to those lyrics would be in the bank.
I actually wrote the song three years ago -- THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE. It is about a doctor who did her face lifts and then wondered whether he had become Dr. Frankenstein.
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