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  • #16
    Hmmm...has Hillary found a new man perhaps?
    We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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    • #17
      disregard
      "We are living in the future, I'll tell you how I know, I read it in the paper, Fifteen years ago" - John Prine

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Ted Striker
        Hmmm...has Hillary found a new man perhaps?
        Hillary needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.
        He's got the Midas touch.
        But he touched it too much!
        Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!

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        • #19


          Good point.
          We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Ned


            I wish, just once, a Democrat could be for all Americans and not engage in this class warfare crap. This is the main reason I hate and despise most Democrats.
            THUMBNAIL GUIDE TO GOP REASONING:

            1) When Repuublicans attack the poor -- as they do every election cycle, and did most recently in their hilarious assertion that the poor aren't paying their fair share of taxes -- it's just politics.

            2) When Dems point out the obvious -- that the government is beholden to welthy special interests; that the poor are getting poorer and the middle class is stagnating, etc. -- that's "class warfare."

            Last edited by Rufus T. Firefly; January 3, 2003, 04:01.
            "I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Kropotkin
              Even I, a non-american, knows it for 4-8 years only for everyone including lawyers.
              Actually it is theoretically possible for a President to serve 10 years. Any guesses how?
              Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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              • #22
                Does this happen when the Vice President takes over for the President and then is elected for 2 terms after that?
                We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Oerdin


                  Actually it is theoretically possible for a President to serve 10 years. Any guesses how?
                  This isn't a guess, but someone could ascend to the presidency from the vice presidency due to the death or resignation of the previous president and finish out the term. If he served less than 1/2 of that term (ie the former pres dies after 2 or more years in office), he is still eligible to run for two more full terms. So the absolute maximum is 10 years, though it is unlikely to happen.
                  He's got the Midas touch.
                  But he touched it too much!
                  Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!

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                  • #24
                    Exactly. The VP can fill in for up to 2 years for the previous president without it counting as one of his two terms. Thus 10 years instead of 8 years is the theoretical max.
                    Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Sikander


                      Hillary needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.
                      Hillary needs a Democrat loser in 2004.
                      No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by The Mad Monk


                        Hillary needs a Democrat loser in 2004.
                        A very insightful point.
                        He's got the Midas touch.
                        But he touched it too much!
                        Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Oerdin
                          Exactly. The VP can fill in for up to 2 years for the previous president without it counting as one of his two terms. Thus 10 years instead of 8 years is the theoretical max.
                          Johnson became president when Kennedy died. He could have run for reelection in '68, but chose not to. Had he won in '68, he would have served nearly 10 years.
                          http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/JOrbisPlayer.php?path=John+Williams+The+Imperial+M arch+from+The+Empire+Strikes+Back.ogg&wiki=en

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                          • #28
                            Why do you think that Edwards doesn't have a chance of getting the nomination?


                            He hasn't run for reelection (in the Senate) yet. For all the Democrat charges that Bush had no political experience, he overwhemingly won his reelection campaign. THAT made him a viable candidate, and gave him enough experience in politics.

                            Edwards doesn't even have a full term!
                            “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                            - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                            • #29
                              He'll have just as much experience as Bush did when he got elected.
                              Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Oerdin
                                He'll have just as much experience as Bush did when he got elected.
                                Bush had more than a full term.
                                I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                                For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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