If Al Gore runs again and is elected

[Connonym]

Does he only get to serve one term? You know, because then he'll have been elected twice?

James Carville has listed Gore in his predictions for 2008.

[Dora]

1. Two terms. n/t

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. We should just skip the cost of campaigns and voting in 2008

and inaugurate Gore. And yes, I'm serious. The voters were cheated.

[Deep13]

5. Wouldn't make up for all the damage,...

...but it would be a start.

[Deep13]

3. "elected" refers to the official E.C. count in the Senate,...

...not the reality behind it.

[jobycom]

4. hehe

I think we can find a loophole to get him elected to a third term.

[Tellurian]

6. Is that a Jay Leno question? nm

[NYCGirl]

8. EH? Leno said nothing of the sort...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/11/30/gore-planning-to-release-_n_35227.html

[Tellurian]

15. Yes, I know...the metaphor was relating to the OP of 1-2 terms..

I watched Jay Leno last night.
And was relating to the fact there is nothing Leno takes seriously.


Sometimes what Leno considers entertaining is making light of a serious situation
which at times is not funny at all.

[Connonym]

12. actually, I was just trying to be a smart ass but you never know

I was eh with Gore until seeing an Inconvenient Truth. Now I'm convinced we need someone with his intellectual curiosity, his passion for what he believes and mostly for his ability to look at the long-term ramifications of our actions and actually give a shit about what kind of world we leave for our children.

[Tellurian]

16. Yep, you're on it now..

He's grown so much since 2000. He realizes just how viscious the opposition is and can be.
And is better prepared to deal with them now that he knows they will lie, cheat and steal to Win.

Gore for the CURE!

[Hippo_Tron]

7. He was elected but never inaugurated, nothing that says you can't be elected 3 times

You just can't serve for more than 2 terms. He hasn't served for a term yet.

[AtomicKitten]

9. they should award him a bonus term

for the BS they put him through in 2000

[trof]

13. Right.

[Uncle Joe]

17. I agree, Bush set the clock back from 0 to at least -4 n/t

[tinfoilinfor2005]

10. Like the board game says

"Go directly to White House. Do not pass Go. Just go directly to White House."

[Connonym]

11. The 22nd amendment says "elected to the office more than twice"

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 the 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.

[Larkspur]

14. Carville is a crackpot, but Jimmy Carter is a big fan of Al Gore running

Jimmy nagged Gore to run in 2004 and he's trying again.