Posted on 12/05/2007 6:49:20 PM PST by OESY
I hate The Beast, but man, this is a real stretch.
As he is writing from India, he probably doesn’t.
Wrong reasoning, right conclusion.
That doesn’t wash. That’s like saying that Jeb Bush couldn’t be elected President because his brother, former President Bush, would have extraordinary influence over the Presidency after the 8 year cap expired. Or that George W. Bush couldn’t have been elected, if his pa had served two terms, because of assumed extraordinary influence over the Presidency.
There is no law against being related to the President.
I had a friend who claimed that people were so dumb that they would buy sh!t on a stick. Well, this is sh!t on a stick.
Except credibility. Come on, this is argument that husband and wife are one therefore Hillary Clinton has already had two terms is just plain idiotic. Federal precedent or not, no court would take this argument seriously and anyone who made it would come off looking like and idiot. If there was any publicity it would be bad publicity, and as for Hillary Clinton having to divert resources to fight the suit, that’s a joke. There wouldn’t be a fight. She’d score points using this debacle to paint conservatives out as idiots with backwards ideas.
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Since you raised the question:
Subroto Roy, who is also know as Subroto Roy Sahara is the head of the USD 10.87 billion (£5.5bn) Sahara India Pariwar. He lives with his family in a mansion in the Indian city of Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He is an influential businessman in India, who has contacts with politicians like Mulayam Singh Yadav (Former chief minister of U.P.) and Amar Singh. Sahara India Pariwars success story began in 1978. Starting on a modest scale with a capital of only Rs. 2000 (USD 43), the company has traversed a long way to become a frontrunner in Indian entrepreneurship.
He is popularly known as “Saharasri”. As per a leading Indian magazine, he is one of the top ten highly influential individuals in India.
He was born in Gorakhpur (U.P.) and started his business from there which has now grown into a big empire.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subroto_Roy
COMMENT: Have you ever noticed our media seem reluctant to write articles unfavorable to the Clintons or to investigate wrongdoing by liberals? Take, for instance, the sloppy FBI work regarding the Oklahoma City bombing or, more recently, illicit campaign money raised by the Clintons. Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
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The amendment is right, your interpretation I believe is incorrect.
You are distorting what “acting as President” means to be Hillary with her husband’s blessing to try to push her social programs through. “Acting as President” assumes that that person IS the President and has the authority to exercise Presidential powers. If you read the It is clear Bill was THE PRESIDENT. He never gave up his powers, he never sent a letter to the Senate saying he could not discharge his duties, he never was disabled and had anyone in the line of succession take over during such a time.
“Acting as President” refers to someone who is the current President, but may fall under the 20th Amendment, Section 2 issues. And that is what ‘acting as President’ refers to inthe 22nd Amendment you cite.
You are wrong that the VP holds the office as President via ascension (like this has any affect on their ability to run for President). If that were the case then Bush 1 and Gore would not have been able to run for President, as they were both VP’s for eight years - by your statement they held the office as President and therefore not constitutionally been able to run for President after their two terms as Vice Presidents.
I don’t know why you think this is a workable strategy. She was not acting as President. Ultimately she was under Bill, was working in his administration, but she was not the president.
I will grant you she WANTED (still does) to be president, and maybe even thought she was co-president (ie you vote for Bill, you get both of us) but you are messing up the definition of ‘acting’. “The Acting President of the United States” is different from “Hillary acting like she’s President.” One is a title, the other is a massive ego.
OK...that's funny!
...or someone with a brain.
I guess Martin Sheen is out too, then.
What would be interesting is if Hillary has Bill as VP on ticket.
And .. he’s already saying he will attend cabinet meetings, if asked. He has no business attending any of those meetings.
We just cannot allow Clinton,Inc. to be elected president!!!
I agree with Rush .. Clinton,Inc is the last desperate GASP of the HIPPIE generation .. and we need to end their attempts to regain any authority over America again.
OESY,
You found the wrong “Subroto Roy” at Wiki. You need to be careful when using Google: There are at least 18 “famous” Subroto Roys out there, apparently...
The one who authored this article is actually an economist who studied free market economics, and who has visited George Mason University’s Public Choice Center (where conservative economist & Nobel Prize winner, James Buchanan, works).
Roy is a Public Choice Economist. He is simply making speculative institutional observations. Public Choice Economists like to ponder legal/economic issues, and the effects of different institutional incentives on personal conduct and economic progress. They are very nerdy.
I am sure the Subroto Roy of this piece has no “ax” to grind despite what all of the messages above have to say.
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