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Obama Says ‘I Could Win’ 3rd Term as President
The New York Times ^ | July 28, 2015 | Peter Baker

Posted on 07/28/2015 10:56:13 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Obama asserted on Tuesday that he could win a third term if allowed by the Constitution, but said he was looking forward to life after the presidency, when he will be able to take a walk and spend more time with his family.

As he wrapped up what may be his final trip to Africa while in office, Mr. Obama took aim at some of the continent’s gerontocracy and called on long-entrenched leaders to step down, declaring that “nobody should be president for life.” But it led to an off-the-cuff riff about his own improved political standing and his future.

“I actually think I’m a pretty good president,” Mr. Obama said, departing from his prepared text in a speech at the African Union. “I think if I ran, I could win.”

“There’s a lot that I’d like to do to keep America moving,” he added. “But the law is the law,” he said, “and no person is above the law, not even the president.”

The comments reflect a bitter issue in Africa: the attempts by some leaders to hold onto power well beyond their terms expire. Just this month, the president of Burundi pushed through with elections that gave him a third term in office, throwing his nation into upheaval in a move widely regarded as violating the country’s constitution and a peace agreement that ended a devastating civil war....

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 201507; 20150728; 2016; africa; bloat; burundi; clingers; ethiopia; obama; thirdterm
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Try it, slick. Just try it.


61 posted on 07/28/2015 11:27:17 AM PDT by vpintheak (Call the left what they are - regressive control-freaks)
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To: dfwgator
I lean toward the original plan but I'm OK with opening voting to all races, women and 18yos.

The bottom line for me is taxes. If you don't have any skin in the game, you don't play.

62 posted on 07/28/2015 11:31:55 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He needs to provide the rest of the country with what he is smoking, so, we can be delusional, also.


63 posted on 07/28/2015 11:32:48 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Such self-praise is utterly beneath a president of the United States.


64 posted on 07/28/2015 11:33:02 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

NO EFFING WAY, BUTT HEAD. Had ENOUGH of your communist/muslim crap, thank you very much.


65 posted on 07/28/2015 11:34:47 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog (Obama is an enemy of the US.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; dfwgator

Missed, response to 56 was meant for 55.


66 posted on 07/28/2015 11:35:28 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: Fido969

The SOB is effing crazy


67 posted on 07/28/2015 11:37:29 AM PDT by AlphaOneAlpha
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To: Smokin' Joe

If it became apparent that he’s serious about a third term, hopefully there would be enough patriots still around that would make damned sure he wouldn’t even START it.


68 posted on 07/28/2015 11:37:44 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog (Obama is an enemy of the US.)
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To: cld51860

You bet he’d win another term. I have no doubt at all


69 posted on 07/28/2015 11:40:08 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sadly this is probably true with all the low info voters and race card playing today.


70 posted on 07/28/2015 11:40:30 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Lazamataz

No he won’t!!!!

Mrs. Bill Clinton will not stand for that.


71 posted on 07/28/2015 11:40:35 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: vpintheak

Wouldn’t surprise me if he did.


72 posted on 07/28/2015 11:40:56 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris

He’s so in love with himself.

I thought it was a summer thing

Nice.


73 posted on 07/28/2015 11:42:31 AM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who would stop him - not Boehner, McConnell or Roberts.


74 posted on 07/28/2015 11:43:01 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: SaveFerris

I know...

Twister


75 posted on 07/28/2015 11:44:32 AM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

Typical Times Diversion ...
I’ll bet there are skeptics even in in Kenya and Ethiopia about that claim which we’ll never hear about. Let alone Just how welcomed was his lectures on accepting sodomy in the two countries he just visited ?


76 posted on 07/28/2015 11:46:01 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Some of my best rebuttals are in FR's along with meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: tsowellfan

I didn’t realize he was cross-eyed.


77 posted on 07/28/2015 11:46:30 AM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: Lil Flower; dfwgator

Correct! You win the internet for today!


78 posted on 07/28/2015 11:55:10 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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Maybe it was “He’s STILL in love with himself”.

Have to watch it again.


79 posted on 07/28/2015 11:56:31 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Truth29
Who would stop him

The 50 states that run elections

80 posted on 07/28/2015 11:59:34 AM PDT by Despot of the Delta
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