A sunday morning nightmare

[serryjw]

We have discussed Bushit seeking a 3rd term, Clinton becoming someone's VP....BUT what we have NOT discussed is

Bushit & Chaney REVERSING their positions and NOW the 12/22nd amendment gets challenged to SCOTUS

My BEST argument against this happening (barring the obvious)

This is the argument and until someone challenges to SCOTUS we will never know whom is right. Personally I lean to an ineligibility. IF the future POTUS( Chaney) would die and the VP was ineligible it would be a MAJOR disruption to continuity of government. The line of succession is such that the Speaker of the House WOULD BECOME POTUS. Speaker is very much a political appointment. The Speaker does not necessarily have the experience to be POTUS ( and was elected by ONE State). That's why so few Senators ever become POTUS.

[Captain Hilts]

1. W doesn't like being prez enough to do that. Cheney's unelectable. nt

[donco6]

7. I think JR. would quit now if he could.

He's tired of playing this game. He looks like a wet dishrag to boot.

[Poppyseedman]

2. Bush will never seek a third term.

Bush and Cheney reversing positions???
How does that happen???
One day we woke up and they decide the swap offices and everybody goes about as busy as usual???

Come on!!! Tin foil hat

[serryjw]

3. NOOOOOOOOOO silly

we were talking about 2008 a 3rd term. With all the conversation over the 22nd I thoought wouldn't it be interesting if they REVERSED positions and Chaney ran for President with Bushit as his VP.

[Poppyseedman]

4. Why in the world would bush run as VP when he already has been

in the corner office, err oval office

In many ways an ex president has more influence out of office then in office simply because he is not running for office.

Isn't that the whole BFEE theory, bush elder pulling the international strings for junior to run the world???

[serryjw]

5. Many have talked about Clinton running as VP

and he's been President, what's the difference?

[evirus]

6. always wondered

is the two term limit only apply to two terms in a row, or two terms regardless of consequtiveness? (sorry for spelling, quick dirty post)

[serryjw]

10. Here you go.......

quote....
First line in 22nd amendment
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
end quote...

[never_get_over_it]

12. The amendement says ELECTED

so what is stopping a former President from running for VP - because technically he/she is not being elected to the Presidency. Seems to me that if a former President ran for VP and something happened to the President than the VP could serve out that term but not run for reelection to the Presidency.

Hmmm I'm going to have to go see what the Constitution say in regards to the VP....

Of course as a practical matter I think it would be stupid for a former President to run for VP - but I'm asking technically since the amendment says ahall not be ELECTED and not shall not SERVE

on edit:

maybe the catch is the President and VP run on the same ticket and not separately....opinions?

[Gabi Hayes]

8. just curious.....have you ever actually read the constitution?

[shance]

9. The mantra should be, "anything is possible with this Adminstration".

And I don't mean that in the positive sense.

I wouldnt put is past some of them. Cheney would probably like it, however Im not so sure Bush would relish continuing being the punching bag for Cheney and Rumsfeld.

[Walt Starr]

11. Amendments to the consitution cannot be challenged in court

Sorry, but the constitution is the law of the land and is written in stone unless amended.

The only way to change the 22nd amendment is to repeal it via the amendment process.