Posted on 07/28/2015 10:56:13 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Obama asserted on Tuesday that he could win a third term if allowed by the Constitution, but said he was looking forward to life after the presidency, when he will be able to take a walk and spend more time with his family.
As he wrapped up what may be his final trip to Africa while in office, Mr. Obama took aim at some of the continent’s gerontocracy and called on long-entrenched leaders to step down, declaring that “nobody should be president for life.” But it led to an off-the-cuff riff about his own improved political standing and his future.
“I actually think I’m a pretty good president,” Mr. Obama said, departing from his prepared text in a speech at the African Union. “I think if I ran, I could win.”
“There’s a lot that I’d like to do to keep America moving,” he added. “But the law is the law,” he said, “and no person is above the law, not even the president.”
The comments reflect a bitter issue in Africa: the attempts by some leaders to hold onto power well beyond their terms expire. Just this month, the president of Burundi pushed through with elections that gave him a third term in office, throwing his nation into upheaval in a move widely regarded as violating the country’s constitution and a peace agreement that ended a devastating civil war....
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Isn’t that what Russia got with Putin somehow getting a third term? No thanks, keep it in Russia, and let’s keep our 22nd Amendment.
Norm, she didn’t get that ass from no salad bar.
“Baraq is ready to ... ride off to 40 years of total leisure and opulence.”
Or so he thinks....
He has made several statements about ruling without Congress or staying on after the term is supposed to end.
Why?
Cleavon Little was great
Wow, watch the weak-minded fall for this bait.
You may not be far off! I can see this creature’s masters precipitating a crisis as the basis for suspending the Constitution. (i admit the probability is very low but it is still there)
The fewer taxpayers we have, the more tax users we have...then yes, he could probably win a third term if he could run again.
Fact is free market capitalism, private property rights, and individual liberty are NOT compatible with popular mass democracy. Our Founding Fathers understood this. That’s why they established a limited government constitutional republic. The Electoral College was set up to elect the president. US Senators were elected by state legislators, not popular vote. Voting in federal elections was limited only to property owners. I now see the wisdom of that model. Popular mass democracy leads to unlimited government which leads to socialism. Our Founding Fathers got it. Too bad we don’t.
Just the take from POTUS pardon bribes will be astounding.
Then the huge contributions to the “Baraq Obama Foundation” / speaking fees.
They’ll make the Clintons look like paupers.
Brooks quit when Warner Bros. refused to cast his first choice for Black Bart, co-writer and gonzo comedian Richard Pryor.
“The studio said he couldn’t be insured after a drug arrest. Richard urged me to return and audition other actors. He thought Cleavon Little was a better choice than him — ‘He’s a stage-trained actor, charming, handsome and strong, plus this guy is coal-black, way darker than me. He’s going to scare the s–t out of that town.’ ”
They all have.
Sez the jabroni who writes law himself.
President Piso Mojado.
Cleavon was probably the better choice, anyways.
Yeah, it wouldn’t have worked with Pryor. Pryor was great and all, but he was a bit too cartoonish and hyper for the role.
The best term I've heard for those is "narcisstick."
Jeb’s looking more and more like Chevy Chase
I would not exclude veterans or military servicemen from voting, property owners or not. They have obviously served their country and earned the right to vote. My point was we have too many people voting who have no stake at all in this country. They just vote for the politicians and the Party promising the most free stuff, regardless of how it impacts others.
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