HOLY SMOKES!! Could There BE A THIRD BUSH TERM???

[mermaid]

Read it and weep!!

5 . Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual... (Introduced in House)

Here's the link to Thomas's...

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:5:./temp/~c109fcECed::

[andyhappy]

1. would that mean that Clinton could run again?

[madinmaryland]

8. That would be funny!

Clinton would kick his ass!

[babylonsister]

14. That could cause some strife in

the Clinton household!

[Rosco T.]

2. It also means Clinton could come back.... n/m

[fooj]

3. Great...then we'll have Clinton back in no time!

[Arkana]

4. Don't count on it

They repeal the 22nd and it also enables the Big Dog to run again!

[jojo54]

10. Let him try to run again

I agree with the other reply's here, Bill would put the monkey in his place once and or all - doing his little dance next to the accordian, getting paid chump change.

[justinsb]

5. Problem is that

due to the complexity of amending the constitution, it would be difficult to get it done in 4 years, besides, even if they did get it done, that would mean that Clinton could run against Bush and I don't think they really want that.

[yinkaafrica]

17. Bush would win. The system has been gamed.

We could not prevent it the last two times.
The pukes are even more powerful now. I don't expect to see
another Democrat in the whitehouse. Not a true, Dem, at any rate.
They might put ol'lo blow joe in there.

[ClintonTyree]

6. Let 'em try.

I like a good joke now and again.

[mzmolly]

7. This has been tried on other occassions, an overwhelming majority

is needed ... thus it never passes.

[borg5575]

29. Yes, in fact some Clinton supporters...

thought of trying it prior to the 2000 election so that he could run for a third term.

But the idea I like better is what another poster at DU suggested in another thread.

What about Laura Bush vs Hillary Clinton in 2008?

That would be a very interesting race. But the main problem I would have with it is that Hillary has moved too far to the right for me. So I'd like to see Senator Boxer go up against Laura Bush instead.

If that race happened we could say that two women who are each smarter than their husbands are running.

[CoffeeCat]

9. Why don't these freaks...

...just burn the Constitution and be done with it?

Why go through all of the rigamarole of amending a document that they clearly have no intention of upholding anyway.

Fools.

[CoffeeCat]

11. On another note...

...since these thugs steal elections--all * would need is another chance to run.

They could steal it all over again.

Clearly Bush realizes that.

If the 22nd can be repealed, it makes no difference what * does in his 2nd term, how unpopular he is, how dismal his approval ratings are, or what anyone else thinks.

They can steal another election. They pulled it off before, they can go for a threepeat and do it once again.

[Kerrytravelers]

12. Everybody, sing with me now...

"Oh Canada, my new home and native land..."

I could get use this this.

[WI_DEM]

13. If it is like the original 22nd admendment it would only affect

future presidents and not current or former presidents.

[Technowitch]

15. In the aftermath of last November's electoral disaster...

...I predicted that this is PRECISELY what they would go for.

Failing passage, my second and even more dire prediction is that the '08 elections will be "suspended for the duration of the current national crisis."

That 'crisis'? A manufactured 'terrorist' incident.

I was right before, too, when I told my partner early last year, "They'll try to steal the election again, only they won't stop at just one state. They'll steal it so bad, most people will assume they won legitimately. And the mainstream media will assure us it is so."

[borg5575]

30. No, I don't think they will suspend the election.

They won't have to. They will merely steal it again. It won't be GW running again but it will be someone else just as bad or God forbid worse.

[beyurslf]

16. I would love to have Bill Clinton run against GW. Bring it on

[Bleacher Creature]

24. I second that!

I hate listening to people on our side make statements like "The good news is that George Bush can't run again. . ." It makes us sound lame.

It just sickens me that he's going to leave in 2008 --assuming no impeachment -- as "triumphant." I want him to go out in defeat. We beat him once -- and maybe even twice -- and Clinton would clean his clock.

[OneTwentyoNine]

18. 2/3 vote,Not a chance of keeping this maniac in for four more years...

If the Dems want to destroy any remaing part of their party then vote for this. This coupled with rigged up elections would insure a Dem never again step foot in the WH.

David

[judy]

19. I am afraid a lot of us here are still naive...

If they repealed the 22nd Amendment, the Republican Majority would word it in such a way that only current pResidents can be extended, but past Presidents can't. And it would pass.

On edit: I think a group of Democrats is trying to have their own "repeal the 22nd" action as well, probably in order to make sure that a past Democratic President could run again if he wanted to.

Again, I cannot imagine that the neocons et al. will relinquish power for any reason, when they have profiteering and racketeering and rapturing plans that reach into the next 10 years.

They are working on this, be sure of it.

The only way we can fight this, is work on having non-stealable elections. This means a voter verified, auditable paper trail and outside observers in each precinct, and comparison of tabulated votes with actual hand counted votes.

[whistle]

20. Emperor-Chimp! That would complete the neo-conservative....

...roll-back to pre-FDR days. After that, I suppose the conservatives will repeal the income tax amendment taking the country back to the Harding period.

[mermaid]

27. Don't Worry, There IS An Amendment Filed To Repeal The 16th, Too

I saw it there.

Incidentally, the link failed because it is a temp link and I didn't know it.

Go to http://www.thomas.loc.gov

Look up the bill by it's bill number.

Make sure you switch the radio button to be searching for the bill number...which I provided.

[ArtVandaley]

21. I would actually support this amendment

I don't like the idea of the government restricting who we can vote for. FDR was probably the greatest war time president in American history (with the exception of Lincoln, of course), and WW2 happened in his third term. I think history could have turned out differently if someone else had come after FDR's second term.
What if it had been Charlie L? Read Philip Roth's "The Plot Against America," chilling and amazing book.


On edit: Bush will be lucky to have over a 40% approval rating by 2008. There's no way in hell he could win another term. Social Security will flop, he'll be destroyed.

[mordarlar]

26. He was "destroyed" in 2004 Makes little differance.

[BlueInRed]

22. Yeah, I'd like to see Clinton vs little Bush

Clinton would clean his clock! Although I'm sure Bill might find it a bit frustrating to have to clean up after a second Bush mess.

[ClarkUSA]

23. Link failed

[ThorsHammer]

25. No......as others have said that would let (Bill) Clinton win instead

[ElsewheresDaughter]

28. takes 7/8 years to add or change an ammendment..not enough time

for another bush term in 08

[mermaid]

31. So What's To Stop The Fucker From Running In 2012??

n/t

[ElsewheresDaughter]

32. truth exposed

[mermaid]

33. Dreamer

No one gives a shit when it's THEM that are at the roots of the scandal.
Note the payola bullshit. How much public outcry has there been?

Note the MSM doing their best to ignore the Gannon thing...

If it was going on during the Clinton Administration, their hair woulda caught on fire!!

See, when it's US...they are all over us like stink on shit. When it's THEM, though...they just bury it and sweep it under the rug, and they get a pass.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

34. and i'm not the only one...... perhaps someday they will join us and......