Subj : Loser
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Tue May 26 2020 02:47 am

Hello Dale,

>>> Acutally, bad times cause voters to keep the current goverment.
>  LL> Herbert Hoover gave us FDR.
>  LL> George H.W. Bush gave us Bill Clinton.
>  LL> George W. Bush gave us Barack Obama.
>  LL> Donald J. Trump will give us Joe Biden.
>
>  GS> Seems like you had a lot of bad times. :-)
>
>  GS> Did Bush even run for a third term?
>
>Not allowed these days.

At the end of his second term in office, President Obama made
some comments to the news media about this subject. As a former
constitutional law professor, and a sitting president, he knew
quite a bit about the US Constitution and the 22nd Amendment.

According to Obama, if he would run for a third term he would win.
It would not matter what the US Constitution or the 22nd Amendment
said, because the courts (including the USSC) would not go against
the will of the people. IOW, if the people voted for him, there
would be no ruling against him from taking office for a third term.

This was just an academic exercize, as Obama had no actual plans
to run for a third consecutive term. He was just toying with the news
media, kind of like what trolls do in message boards.

Of course, Barack Obama is free to be elected vice president ...
and then assume the duties of being president later on.

>GS>Licoln got re-elected during civil war.
>GS>Roosevelt was on a fourth term after the great depression and during
>GS>WWII.
>
>Bad times => not reelected.
>War times => yes reelected.

Donald Trump has declared himself as being a "wartime president".
Problem is, the pandemic is winning. With no end in sight.

--Lee

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