My brother and I are argueing over whether or not Bush can run for a third term. My bro says that two terms is the limit, but I'm pretty sure that since we are at war Bush can run for a third and however many more it takes till operations in Iraq are finished. What is the truth?

Under the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution no president may serve more than two terms. If he were to get a third term, he would need to get the Constitution amended so that the 22nd Amendment is abolished. To do so, he'd need 2/3 of BOTH houses and 3/4 of states ratifying it.

Snowball's chance in hell of that.

Two is the limit.


Thank Heavens.

Okay, well I lose...sorta. :/

No not sorta. You just lose.

wham bam what the **** just happened!?

SOMEONE NAME THE MOVIE!! ^^^

that's what we'll do, since this thread is over with, we'll recycle it into a "name the movie quote" thread

start guessing!

Not Another Teen Movie ?

I wouldn't be surprised if Bush pulled it off.

A person is not limited to two terms in the office of the presidency. He/she is allowed 10 years to be a president - this is to account for those who may be VP for 2 and rise to president for 2 years.

you win! now post a quote.

Stop being president of my thread! I shall decide the fate of it! :p


Post pictures of Bush.

Hehehehe

.....didnt you learn about the Constitution in school? I'm sorry, but if you're a US citizen and passed 3rd grade (when they started teaching proper Civics) then you shouldn't have questions like this, or at least hide your stupidity by using google.

I agree with Schming. Basic politics should be beaten into everyone. I think it's appauling if you don't know the basic politics of your country.

Well like others said, according to this, he can't. Walken 4TW.

Prior to the 22nd ammendment, however, which presidents did serve more than two terms? I vaguely recall one...

Also, I find it rather depressing that many native (in the sense they were born here) Americans wouldn't be able to pass the U.S. citizenship test.

Yes. Good ol' FDR. He was pretty much the reason a 22nd amendment was passed.

What, they didn't like the New Deal?? ...or maybe it was the teapot dome

That may be the only good thing he did (well, I agree with going to World War II, so that's II. But he went in for the wrong reasons)

I hope we have better choices in 2008 than we had last year.

I'm hoping with you.

Wow, I think I'd have to kill myself if Bush was allowed to run for a third term. Or at least emigrate.

Bill CLinton was interviewed a while ago talking about ways he could scheme his way back into the white house. Fer Instance:
Repeal the limiting amendment
Run as Vice Presidential candidate, and have presidential candidate step down upon election

-I can't remember the other ways. I find it hillarious that of all the presidents, Billy Clinton is the one who's been thinking this stuff up while watching the news. I know a lot of Americans must.

retaliation against japan is the wrong reason? c'mon buck. seriously.

But if that happened soon after the election, he would go over the 10 year limit.

"I assure you, the Senate will vote to continue the war as long as Zarqawi is alive."


"The Senate is expected to vote more executive powers to the President today. "

If Bush got re-elected again.. I would label the American public retarded.

He could just appoint himself president in an "emergancy action" while the congress is on vacation.

I'm looking at you John Bolton

A lot of people I know already have.

A president would loose all his credibility if he tried to do that. Though, come to think of it, I can't think of any good candidates for 08.

I'll tell you who won't be running: Dick Cheney. And I won't vote for Hillary unless Lucifer himself was opposing her. And even then I might just vote 3rd party.

Hillary won't win primaries. I'd put my left soul on the table for that.

Edit: Unless she runs unopposed. Or against Kerry or Dean.

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McCAIN

No, to get out of the awful economic depression that he himself made worse.

Besides, all the evidence is piling up that Pearl Harbor could've been prevented easily. This isn't just crappy "i heard" evidence too. Documents have been found (although the government still has holds on some since it hasn't become public information yet), people interviewed, the strangest "coincidences". Our intelligence in World War II was amazing, but with the US getting documents straight out warning of Japanese attack, we decide to ignore it?

For four straight weeks before Pearl Harbor, all the ships had been giving warning, that they needed to have the biolers going in case of attack. December 6th and 7th, they for some reason don't get that order?

FDR orders the ships in Pearl Harbor to stay in the bay, even though he received constant warnings from the Admiral there that they were totally unprotected from air attacks.

He's been quoted many a times saying that if the Japanese would not have attacked, he wouldn't of gotten into the war. "Everything was done to "force" an incident to justifty hostilities". He said that at the Atlantic Conference 4 months before Pearl Harbor. Seeing as how Pearl Harbor was the only "incident" that year...

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/pearl.html

The people's motive to get into the war was by retalliation, FDRs was not.

Actually it's 2 terms or 10 years.

Walken for '08!

It's one of those "Bin Laden determined to attack inside the United States" documents. The president probally got so much information and misinformation about attacks it was difficult to protect everything.

Not to mention he wanted to go to war and may have allowed pearl harbor to happen so he could go to war, there had been so much military build up at the time that this obviously a plausible theory.

Thank you Delphian, the title of this thread gave me the best laugh I've had all day. And no, he isn't.

Dude that's kinda depressing.

About Walken for president - I'd probably vote him, he's kinda badass. Harrison Ford would be cool as well, or maybe Samuel L. Jackson.

Samuel L Jackson would be awesome...

"VOTE FOR ME MUTHA*******!"

http://walken2008.com/