Posted on 09/07/2023 6:43:07 AM PDT by Starman417
We all know what an October Surprise is. It’s when a rival campaign or supporter releases information about an opponent at a point in October. The idea is to release the skeleton or some other damaging information at a point when it’s too late for the opposing candidate to recover, giving the candidate whose team released the information a clear path to victory. Always feared, sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t.
As the number of inane indictments of Trump demonstrates, the Democrats will do virtually anything to keep Donald Trump from ever again occupying the White House and threatening the Swamp’s grip on the throats of the American people.
I don’t, however, think a traditional October Surprise is much of a danger in this election. Why would Democrats wait until the last minute to release some exquisite horror that will send Trump packing? They wouldn’t. The fact that they haven’t released such a campaign-killing bit of information already means that they simply don’t have one.
As such, the Democrats are in trouble. Between having a guy who electrifies crowds like no one in American history on the other side and their presumptive nominee being a doddering Alzheimer’s patient they really have two problems to solve, not one.
One wonders if there is not some constitutional answer to their quandary… I think there is.
Now, I can’t suggest this would be successful, but I can guarantee that it would set the political universe of the “Rich Men North of Richmond,” on their heads.
The solution for the Democrats lies in the 22nd Amendment. Here is the relevant language: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”
This language offers Democrats the opportunity to eliminate both of their problems at the same time. Now, of course, it has risks, may be legally or constitutionally impossible, and has the potential to send the nation into chaos or a civil war, but as we’ve seen, none of those things is a barrier to Democrats doing anything, legal, illegal or unconscionable in order to win.
So how does the 22nd Amendment offer the Democrats a way out of the morass they find themselves in? Simple: Make Donald Trump president again. Essentially this would involve Democrats revealing (admitting, really) that, after an unprecedented national investigation of the 2020 election, it turns out that, shockingly, Donald Trump was right and the election was tainted. He did, in fact, win the 2020 election.
Check out the language of the Amendment. It says: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice…” It doesn’t require that the person has actually served as president for two terms. It literally only states that a person cannot be elected more than twice, without regard for whether he served in the position.
So, in one action, Democrats can eliminate both of their problems. The first and most consequential is to keep the feared Donald Trump from running again. The second is to send Brandon to the sidelines, having undermined the only reason he’s even thought of by a single American, which is that he sits in the Oval Office.
But, you say, “That’s crazy! That’s impossible. There’s nothing in the Constitution that would allow such a thing!” True, but then there’s nothing in it to prohibit it, either. And as we know, the Democrats are willing to do anything, constitutional or otherwise, if it will bring them power. This is particularly true with a Supreme Court led by the lion from the Wizard of Oz.
Proof of such is legion. Think how the IRS and DOJ eviscerated the First Amendment, the government obliterated Chrysler creditors’ contract rights during the last financial meltdown, and the DOJ being weaponized against private citizens.
There are cultural attacks, too. For more than 2,000 years of Western civilization, marriage was one man and one woman. Thanks to the Democrats, that’s no longer true. There’s dude in a dress, “Rachel” Levine, who’s the Assistant Secretary for Health. He insists that he’s a woman, and the government agrees with him, while anyone who points out the obvious is castigated. Today, governments across the country are not only allowing prepubescent children to be butchered by predatory doctors and rapacious hospitals, but some are paying for it and doing it without parental consent.
There’s literally nothing the Democrats wouldn’t do for power…
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Easiest thing in the world. Nearly the whole judiciary is against Trump.
This is beyond retarded.
Pretty much
Trump was actually elected twice but the second was stolen by the Demonicrats. So if the Demonicrats can admit they cheated, they can Constitutionally keep Trump from running.
Can Democrats Constitutionally End Trump’s Campaign?
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What’s the Constitution got to do with it?
J6 changed our whole world. Lawfare is the order of the day.
Good god, the stupid, it hurts!!!!
Where do people come up with this dumb shiite?
They don’t have anything better to do than sit around and go gee aren’t I the clever one. The election’s over. Fini. Done. We know Biden didn’t actually have more votes, but that doesn’t matter. There is no constitutional way to change that.
This is one of those “modest proposal” type articles. I love it.
IF this was attempted, and the real 2020 outcome was proven a theft (we all know it was), then ALL Laws/Regulations/Executive Orders/political Appointments made since 2020 are INVALID, not having been effected by a legitimate President/Congress (including the Appointment of the USSC Justice, Ketanji).
How could a non-President enact ANY Orders, or Appointments, or new Legislation?
As such, the Democrats are in trouble.
Hoo Boy. Not even close. I've always said "Death by a Thousand Cuts." Meaning this is how they will get to Trump.
You think this business with Jack Smith and Fat Fani is bad? You ain't seen nothing yet.
If Trump is convicted of any charges, I’m sure there will be a more focused effort to remove him from the ballot, and if he is removed from the ballot in one or more states, that probably does him in for reelection. I suspect if he is convicted, depending on which charge, the RNC will act to have him not on the ballot, ultimately, it’s their decision if he represents the party.
We know Biden didn’t actually have more votes, but that doesn’t matter. There is no constitutional way to change that.
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Excellent point. I’m reminded of the NBC goonies that claim Vivek, Kamala, Nikki, etc. can’t be president because they aren’t Natural Born.
Helloo! Don’t they recall one B. Hussein Obama?
I have reached the point where I stay home if the RNC does that. Eff em!
If the indictments don’t work, they will try assassination.
If assassination doesn’t work, they might try this 22nd Amendment thing.
If that doesn’t work, they will try assassination again and again, ...
All I know is that Emily Kohrs, the “Giggly Wiccan,” will be losing lots of peaceful sleep for years to come.
If the RNC removes Trump from the ballot, the Republican Party will be out of existence by 2028.
You’re right. This is silly.
It does not matter about Obama, at least he had one US citizen parent. The courts did not rule. Ultimately they or the voters need to decide in 2024.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies anyone who took part in an insurrection or revolution against the United States from ever holding office. (This was aimed at Confederates after the Civil War, but time wounds all heels.)
But just HOW will the Never-Trumpers get the insurrection charge to stick to The Donald? Does the Congress simply vote “yup, he insurrected us” and that settles it? Does the Supreme Court need to rule that an insurrection occurred, then the Dems try to fit the players into the insurrection framework?
Strange days indeed.
i have said this for years now...
mea culpa, the donald did win in 2020... oopsie.
Nixon got elected three times.
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