Constitution, Smonstitution, if we want Bill then we can report it anyway we see fit.
The one reason you can take to the bank that he WON'T be a VP candidate is that it would screw up Hillary's plans..
John Kerry-the Manchurian Candidate?
Well since the left continues to say Bush wasn't elected, when he wins in November, by their measure it will be his first elected term and thus can run for reelection in 2008!
CNN, you guys full of crap.
What is it about BC that's so appealing? Is it nostaligia, reminding people of high-tech IPO's and $100/share DOT COM stocks?
They certainly need a remedial course in reading comprehension, don't they?
Brit Hume should comment on this tonight!
Oh boy, McCain is gonna be mad.
Who would float these kind of statements out there anyways?
Clinton's trying to discredit Kerry's campaign again maybe?
So there's a legitimate argument that one can Constitutionally succeed to the office of President, even if one has previously been elected twice.
Of course, it's a moot point, because you have to work at CNN to be dumb enough to think that Kerry might pick Bill Clinton as his running mate.
CNN-fair and balanced!
But, but, but, FOX news lies.
(sarcasm again)
CNN is part of the Clinton "trial balloon" team. Put it out there, and see how the public reacts. "Maybe we can get them to write letters and get this law changed so we can go back and serve them. They need me!" Hey, Bill - go finish it off in the sink.
Does this mean that if Kerry were to die Clinton couldn't take office? If thats the case then why even have a VP!
Our reaction to this shows clearly why we conservatives are too stupid and closed-minded and mentally unbalanced to ever be allowed to have any kind of power. We just don't grasp the nuances in that phrase like the people who argue about what the meaning of "is" is do.
Where is the Barf alert?
NOT!!! Kerry would like to continue to live. He's got to figure if Hill or Billy are VP's, he's a goner.
ARTICLE II
SECTION I
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.
Ammendment XII
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
AMMENDMENT XXIII
Section 1.
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...............
Seems prety clear to me that there is a loophole allowing anyone who meets the requirements for the Presidency in ARTICLE II, Section 1, including former presidents, to run for the Vice Presidency or be apointed to it if there is a vacancy, and to serve as President if the President dies or os removed.
SO9
If the editors / reporters had a copy of the Constitution as amended available in their offices, and if they could read, the answer would be obvious.
Congressman Billybob
It'll never happen, no matter whether the Constitution forbids it or not. Oh, people will always talk about getting Bill Clinton on the ticket, as long as he's alive, but I doubt anybody's actually dumb enough to pick him as a running mate. As loath as they are to admit it, every Democratic politician in America--Kerry, Hillary, you name 'em--knows that being the only thing standing between Bubba and another shot at the White House would be gravely hazardous to his or her health.