Posted on 06/25/2007 8:30:42 AM PDT by SmithL
The latest issue of Time magazine has one of those flavor-of-the-month, warm-and-fuzzy cover stories on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and our own governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The article gushed all over the idea of a maverick-Republican ticket featuring Bloomberg as the presidential candidate with the guv as his faithful Austrian American sidekick. (Of course, all of this was just before Bloomberg announced he could no longer look in the mirror and call himself a Reep.)
At the article's conclusion, it even quotes gazillionaire investment expert Warren Buffett saying how he likes the idea of a Bloomberg-Schwarzie presidential ticket. Buffett says he checked the U.S. Constitution, and while it's pretty clear the Austrian-born guv can't be president, "it's silent on the vice president."
Uh, not exactly. The 12th Amendment says "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice president of the United States." That would appear to rule out Schwarzenegger.
Of course there's always secretary of interior. Or chief justice. Or Chief Oompa-Loompa.
And while we're at it, does that mean Bill can't be Hillary's running mate?
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
No!
NO!
NO!
and
NO!
Not this again.
ain’t gonna happen
Well, OK, maybe.
He may have checked it. But he certainly didn't READ it. Maybe next time he shouldn't forget to put on his reading glasses.
Or Kindergarten teacher
Constitutionaly ineligible.
He could be Secretary of the Posterior......
Don’t tell me we’re going to re-write the constitution just for him?
“Constitutionaly ineligible.”
Correct
Is it just me, or is the Sacremento Bee a bunch of blithering idiots...
Must be another slow news day...
But wait!!! Paris Hilton gets sprung from the pokey today!!! Woo Hoo!!!
Whew...That was close!!!
It’s been suggested.
This shows how informed our media is ...Arnold is NOT repeat NOT elligible to be VP because he is not elligible to be POTUS.... This just shows how stupid everyone is. Writing articles about doesn’t make it possible.
Great, another immigration law that our leaders will refuse to enforce.
-PJ
I call a technique I use to keep order in the bar "kindergarten copping".
-Eric
The Bee oozes with so much crap that it doesn't even make good fireplace kindling...
“Buffett says he checked the U.S. Constitution, and while it’s pretty clear the Austrian-born guv can’t be president, ‘it’s silent on the vice president.’”
In the event the president dies, the VP has to be ready to take his place. This is why fathead, muscle brain AAAnold can’t be VP.
Rules of Acension.
To hold the office, one must be a natural citizen. If the President dies, the person in this office has historically been 'promoted' to the presidency.
So, should we be wary that the person holding the position of Speaker of the House should also be a natural citizen just to be sure, being third in line for the position [behind General Westmorland, of couse!]? ;)
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