OMG - Just realized, Condi is only 4 heartbeats away from the Presidency!

[bobweaver]

(Actually 3 heartbeats, if you don't count Cheney)

[gnofg]

1. wrong

that is not the line of sucession. vp-speaker of the house

[bobweaver]

13. Thank you. I think Cheney and Hastert might be "quad-bypass buddies"

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. Isn't SOC 2nd in line?

Al Haig sure thought so.

:evilgrin:

[rinsd]

2. 3 Heartbeats.....Presidential Succession

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101032.html

[bobweaver]

12. Sorry, I corrected it. I don't think Hastert has much of a heartbeat eithe

[ComerPerro]

3. Well,that's what 2008 is for

[bloom]

4. They are all riding the same wavelength anyway.

That's why impeachment wouldn't help. It would be a nice symbol, though.

[codswallop]

9. Impeachment would help.

It would mean the tide had turned and feet were being held to the fire.

[theboss]

5. No, she is 4th in line I believe.

I used to have this memorized. President, Vice President, Speaker, President Pro Tem, Sec of State, then rest of the Cabinet in order the office was created.

[RobertSeattle]

6. They have HEARTS?

[oasis]

7. Condosleazy president!!!!! Long live W.

[Stand and Fight]

8. What?

What the hell are you talking about? She is not one heartbeat or even two away?

Order of Presidential Succession
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the Senate president pro tempore1 was next in line after the vice president to succeed to the presidency, followed by the Speaker of the House.

In 1886, however, Congress changed the order of presidential succession, replacing the president pro tempore and the Speaker with the cabinet officers. Proponents of this change argued that the congressional leaders lacked executive experience, and none had served as president, while six former secretaries of state had later been elected to that office.

The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed by President Harry Truman, changed the order again to what it is today. The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to the date their offices were established.

Prior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant. The first vice president to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. 12, 1973, and confirmed by Congress the following Dec. 6.

The Vice President
Speaker of the House
President pro tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of the
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security

SEE:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101032.html
http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/005genref/faqpresident.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0101032.html
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa010298.htm

[bobweaver]

14. OK sorry!!!!! In my panic over Condi, I had an Alexander Haig moment.

[Liberal In Texas]

Impeachment would still slow them down a lot. n/t

[American Tragedy]

10. Oh come on, the people before her are at least as bad

[Free Speech Zone]

11. A scary thought indeed....

[Kota]

16. Well if Bush is really wearing a defibulator and Cheney's

nevermind, don't want to think about it.

[Contrary1]

17. Only if you don't count

the Chimp's and Kindasleezy's as "two hearts beating as one".