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SinisterPants

(89 posts) Sat May 9, 2020, 12:17 AM May 2020

I had a dream...I really did...

I know it's fucked up fantasy, but let me have a moment, I really did wake up with this dream still in my head.

tRump and Pence For "Jeezus" both come down with the bug.

even the reactionary SC has to follow hard constitutional law and declare Nancy the Acting President.

Ronald Reagan's ghost will be resumed to try and sell "soft" conservatism.

Nope:
Emperor Trump will claim absolute power.

End game? Most of us lose. The few who will win? Untouchable.

I wish I was more optimistic

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I had a dream...I really did... (Original Post) SinisterPants May 2020 OP

I thought Nancy would only assume the office if both prez and veep were permanently out of the Karadeniz May 2020 #1

aside from my weed-induced fantasy... SinisterPants May 2020 #2

Karadeniz

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1. I thought Nancy would only assume the office if both prez and veep were permanently out of the

Reply to SinisterPants (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 12:32 AM

May 2020

Picture, not temporarily out.

SinisterPants

(89 posts)

2. aside from my weed-induced fantasy...

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #1)

Sat May 9, 2020, 12:38 AM

May 2020

nope, the 25th does not require permanent incapacitation. The way I read it (full warning, I'm not as lawyer)

If even momentarily, the President and VP are unable to assume office, it immediately passes to the Speaker of the House.

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