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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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It does if they try to run now.
Technically, he served a full term and more than half of Mc Kinley's second term. That counts as close enough to two terms for the term limit to apply.
I also realized that my congressional district is very strongly red, despite living in a blue county of a solid blue state.
edited 13th Oct '12 6:44:52 PM by Trivialis
The Groose Is Loose
Teddy couldn't run again. His term as the unelected president was more than 2 years.
Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
Of course if we clone these guys we have a loophole. Nothing saying a past president's twin can't run for office.
Wandering Jew
Then we'd get into legal argument over whether a clone counts as a Natural Born Citizen.
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Wandering Jew
Republicans nearing supermajority in Georgia Legislature
Damn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
More importantly, the clone would just be someone who shares the same genetic coding as the original, so there are no guarantees that he would make as good a president as the original.
The Groose Is Loose
What if we could go back in time, pick him up as he leaves office, go to the present, and then have him run?
Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
Ok we're just loading things at this point.
Term limits.
The Groose Is Loose
We fake his identity. He's now Rusty Shackleford from Texas.
Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
Look on the bright side braeburn, in a couple years when georgia fallks into an utter dystopia they cant blame the liberals.
Yes they can. Fox News and the Republicans are liberal you know.
They don't even need that. They'll just blame the liberals in Congress and accuse the SCOTUS of "legislating from the bench".
Long Live the King
That assumes the premise that Georgia's not a dystopia already... And the blame for that falls on the liberals...
edited 13th Oct '12 8:17:13 PM by Swish
You guys are exaggerating. I'm sure if one of us tropers actually live there, he or she will survive.
<Lives in Georgia>
Indiana Solo
If I could get out, don't you think I would?
Indiana Solo
I dunno. I live in Jersey and I don't think about getting out much. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Long Live the King
Everyone in Jersey thinks they live in a horrific place that is the worst place in the world to live...
But not a single Jerseyan would take a free plane ticket to Mississippi with a free house waiting for them... That should be evidence enough as to which place is worse.
Hey, I lived in Detroit City.
Never voted while living there though.
The Groose Is Loose
Hey now, I live in Mississippi...
Ah, screw it. Make fun of it all you want.
Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
Indiana Solo
TBH, I just get in on the jokes for fun . besides not letting me drive in the car with more than one friend, not letting me buy or use(legally, anyway) fireworks, having overly-strict gun laws, having few things to do for miles, having a sub-par high school, the taxes being really high, and living around more than a few assholes...ok, actually it is pretty bad.
I'm baaaaaaack
The fireworks being prohibited is actually enforced by the city governments, and I can understand that for our nearby localities, especially the bigger and more packed cities.
So yeah, topic. Supporting Obama for the election.
Jill Stein isn't even on the ballot here.