Republicans have officially started the the campaign to amend the Constitution by repealing the 22nd Amendment - the one that confines the President to two terms. If the Republicans hold their current strength, or increase it, in the 2006 Congressional elections, expect this measure to pass allowing Bush to remain President...
wtf....
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http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.J.RES.24.IH:
here is the 22nd amendment
Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
here is the 22nd amendment
Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
I don't think we ever should have had a 22nd Amendment (which the GOP pushed through after FDR). I think leaving 2 terms as the George Washington precedent sufficed.
Of course, it didn't take long for someone to find a conspiracy theory for it. There are just a few problems with the conspiracy.
#1 - Even if this bill got out of Congress, it needs to be passed by 75% of the state legislatures. By the time that process finished, the 08 elections will be gone.
#2 - There's certainly no guarantee Bush would get reelected, as his approval ratings are at all time lows. Bush was a weak candidate in 00 and a weak candidate in 04. He'd be even weaker in 08.
#3 - All of this doesn't even take public sentiment into account, and I suspect the public wouldn't be terribly interested in this bill, considering everything else going on.
Of course, it didn't take long for someone to find a conspiracy theory for it. There are just a few problems with the conspiracy.
#1 - Even if this bill got out of Congress, it needs to be passed by 75% of the state legislatures. By the time that process finished, the 08 elections will be gone.
#2 - There's certainly no guarantee Bush would get reelected, as his approval ratings are at all time lows. Bush was a weak candidate in 00 and a weak candidate in 04. He'd be even weaker in 08.
#3 - All of this doesn't even take public sentiment into account, and I suspect the public wouldn't be terribly interested in this bill, considering everything else going on.
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