Posted on 08/16/2016 9:32:52 PM PDT by Perseverando
Yes, we are all well aware the Constitution limits the Presidency to two consecutive four-year terms of office. Then again, if you weigh the track record of the Obama administration, the Constitution is nothing more than a challenge that he bypasses and circumvents with every given opportunity. Small wonder that he may very well do the same thing with the upcoming presidential elections. Already a sham, the presidential elections are actually a vehicle he can use to grab that Third Term for himself.
First were going to quote straight out of the Huffington Post, an article from August 9, 2016, entitled Does He Deserve a Third Term? Obama is S.T.U.P.I.D! The acronym STUPID is supposed to stand for Super Human, Tough, Unequalled, Proactive, Ingenious, and Demi-god.
No, your eyes did not deceive you: that last was Demi-god, this article from a Contributor to the Huffington Post. The last paragraph is very alarming, and here it is:
D Demi-god
What more can qualify a man as god? A loving father to his children, best friend to his wife, a friend to his subordinates, a mentor to growing young men, hope to the hopeless, a victor in his challenges, the most powerful man on earth, yet a simple man in all his ways. You will forever live in hearts of all as a god among men.
A god among men, eh?
(Excerpt) Read more at shtfplan.com ...
When BO’B first took office in 2009 “Folks” spoke of the time when the term would end, and the fact we would find difficulty in getting his skinny butt from that cushy chair in the oo. Seems more “folks” are beginning to realize the fact the Kenyan Klown has more than one way to ‘skin the cat’ in his plan to keep what he felt he has ‘earned’ What are “folks” to do other than say “I told you so”? WE knew who and what he was. WE saw thru him and realized what we had just seen. WTP, are the masses awakening to truths and common sense knowledge?
Ping!
If Obama created a false flag event to justify a declaration of martial law and cancel the election who would stop him or roll it back?
Congress?
Laughable - they couldn’t even stop him from opening the borders or giving $400 million dollars to one of our major enemies.
Patriotic militias?
It would be a long, hard, thankless slog fighting MRAPS and Apache helicopters with semi-auto AR15’s and lever action 30-30’s.
Frequently, it is how Presidents behave AFTER leaving office that tells you of their character.
Gerald Ford was under the perpetual shadow of the Nixon Pardon and Watergate. Still he was having to make money as I *think* he shared being the poorest (Carter) so he became the first to do paid lectures and to serve corporate positions as well as writing memoirs.
James Carter matched Ford in ending up at about $7million. He too wrote books and did paid & unpaid lectures. He also kept very active in foreign affairs which gave a degree of heartburn to his successors of both parties.
Ronald Reagan was already wealthy before entering politics so, after his Presidency, even his age and infirmities, he had a book deal but mostly gave unpaid speeches for GOP candidates.($9-11m)
George H W Bush had family wealth but followed Ford in the pattern of giving paid speeches and serving in corporate directorships. Still living with an estimated worth of $23m but now totally retired.
William Clinton, self-described by wife as leaving the White House 'dead broke', has had the most amazing financial success of any President. In spite of the purported 'impediment' of Hillary serving as US Senator (NY) [2001-2007], his post Presidency career of running the Clinton Foundation and giving speeches has made their marital fortune go from $0 to an estimated range between $60 & 150m. That range depends upon allocations between the Family and Foundation.
George W Bush has both family wealth AND pre-Presidency earnings BUT, unlike his predecessors, has been almost silent in the public arena. With a $21m worth, he remains mostly quiet except for private charities and visits. Last national visibility was at the Dallas memorial service for the 5 slain police officers.
Barrack Obama is currently estimated to have a $9million worth, but, based on past history, that will be increased by book and speaking deals. No past President has had the platform that he has to build upon. Just his Nobel Peace Prize should give him a $100k speaking fee and outside the US, who knows?
You are correct. The ex-president at noon on inauguration day 2017 is no more than a common citizen where a local town dog catcher can impose an arrest warrant or fine upon him.
If a winning Presidential candidate dies or becomes incapacitated between the counting of electoral votes in Congress and the inauguration, the Vice President elect will become President, according to Section 3 of the 20th Amendment.
U. S. Electoral College: Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.archives.gov/.../...National Archives and Records Administration
I thought he wanted an NBA team
May I stay? Please?
Wow. More personal attacks from Talisker. Intellectually devoid of any thought of your own.
Or the president would appoint a new House.
History isn’t going to be kind for the first Muslim in the white house. On a side note, I’m betting you still know your way around a Phantom, lol. Semper fi, We were Marine Air Wingers (phantoms) at the same time. I was a com/nav man myself. Kilo Bravo.
His heroes are history’s worst mass murdering psychopaths.
Reading the article, then reading some of the replies, really people??? Are you taking Hillary’s meds again???
Not only that he CAN’T, we are tied in the Supreme Court right now, not only that he CAN’t, the people backing Trump, which I might want to remind you is be BIGGEST VOTING BLOCK EVER TO VOTE, we would rain down hell like you have never seen...not only that he CAN’T, there wouldn’t be anything left of this government, the military hate his guts with a passion, and they are backing Trump, where do you think these ‘leaks’ been coming from: OUR OWN GOVERNMENT...
You people that are in la la land that really think this can happen are Hillary supporters and hoping that this happens...what the hell are you hiding from, afraid you will be run out on a rail, which you would be!!!
The Emperor excercises with 2 lb dumb bells. He is no super human.
It can and will happen. Maybe not with obama but it will happen. obama has shown that the congress, courts and laws can be ignored with impunity. It is just a matter of time before one of them decides I like this job and am staying, what are you going to do about it. If the military and bureaucracy backs him, then what.
And right now the bureaucracy loves a big spending president because if keeps them paid and fed when no one else gets theirs and the military leadership is so pussified with perfumed princes and fairies will they say anything? Doubt it.
No, just outing shills and exposing techniques.
It's like shooting fish in a barrel, except the fish all think they're giant sharks in the ocean. LOL!
Anyone you disagree with is a “shill” I suspect.
No, just you.
You alone.
QUESTION?
According to post 39:
Except that the President is not elected in November.
The President is elected when the President of the Senate opens the electoral votes and counts them in the presence of the full (new) House and Senate,?sitting in special Joint Session which will happen on January 3, 2017.
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And according to your post 45:
If a winning Presidential candidate dies or becomes incapacitated between the counting of electoral votes in Congress and the inauguration, the Vice President elect will become President
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Question: What happens if the president-elect dies or becomes incapacitated between Nov 8, 2016 and January 3, 2017
After December 19 and before January 3, there will be a President-elect and if he/she died, the Vice-President elect would become President-elect.
For those with tinfoil hats looking for loopholes, consider this language:
"or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
So, the Constitution presumes a situation wherein the Electoral College meets, votes, someone has a majority but "fails to qualify". It also provides for a situation wherein BOTH the President-elect AND VP-elect "fail to qualify", in which scenario Congress appoints the acting President OR "declares "the manner in which" the acting President shall be selected.
I suppose the election of a 34-year old would meet these criteria, the VP-elect would serve as President until the President-Elect's 35th birthday.
But the other two qualifications - natural-born citizenship and 14 years residence - can't be used in this way, and it's a lot of verbiage to cover a birthday.
So, what about it FReepers? Are there other ways a President and Vice-President Elect could "fail to qualify"? Can Congress declare "failure to qualify" and ask the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or Black Lives Matter, to choose the President?
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