President Schwarzenegger?

[Say_What]

Heard this on the news last night.

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Movement Afoot to Amend Constitution for Arnold

Based on his win in Tuesday's California governor recall election, Arnold Schwarzenegger must now be considered the frontrunner to win the presidency in 2008. When his tenure in the White House ends in January 2009 after a second term in office, George W. Bush will be barred by the Constitution from running for a third term. That unfortunate predicament for George W., who's never been successful in any other job, will open the door to Schwarzenegger, who by then will be the standard-bearer of the national Republican Party, to assume the presidency.

There's just one little hitch in this plan. And it involves another section of the Constitution, the part that prohibits anyone who is not a "native-born citizen" from holding the position of president.

But why, you ask, wouldn't the Republicans just try to push through the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress and the Republican-controlled state houses a plan to get rid of the 22nd Amendment from the Constitution? That strategy would allow George W. to remain in office for as long as the American people would have him.

The answer is that it makes more political sense for the Republicans to promote an immigrant-friendly movement for giving naturalized Americans the right to realize the American dream of becoming president than to promote the heavy-handed and authoritarian concept of a career president.

http://www.counterpunch.com/hand10092003.html

[lebkuchen]

1. The would be the icing on the cake of American idiocy

Go for it, Fundies!

[Hawkeye-X]

2. Not gonna happen

Nightmare scenario will never happen.

Arnie will be a huge failure as a Governor. Like Chimpco.

Hawkeye-X

[Say_What]

5. and we can always

:-)

[9119495]

11. And republicans are often Xenophobic

They don't want no damn frenchie comin' in and stealin' some election.

[The Zanti Regent]

17. Whorrin Hatch is starting the process now!

Hatch is pushing the amendment,

The GOP controls enough state legislatures to let it pass.

It's time to get out before Arnold opens the death camps

[Sandpiper]

3. Not gonna happen

Because its just not that easy to Amend the U.S. Constitution. An amendment requires a 2/3 majority in the House and Senate, and then has to be ratified by 3/4 of the states.

[stopthegop]

6. I agree...

this would take years...may be a good idea...but not likely to be done by 2008

[tom_paine]

7. Seems like you're not familiar with Touchscreen Electronic Voting

By 2008, when it is in place all over the Empire, the Busheviks could pass an Amendment requiring everyone wear slices of bologna in their shoes at all times.

[stopthegop]

8. the amendment would have to be approved by state legis.

not necessarily a public vote...slow process unless there's a pressing issue...this is not such an issue

[lebkuchen]

12. howzabout an amendment requiring "thinner thighs in thirty days?"

starting with Rove and Rush.

[tom_paine]

4. Emperor Ahnold.

His slot:

2001-2009 Emperor Bunnypants*
2009-2017 Emperor Jeb

2017-2025 Emperor I'm-a-Bushevik-but-my-name-ain't-Bush-so-stop-saying-we-are-a-hereditary-Empire

I once though it would be Racicot or Ridge, but Ahnold gives them much better cover and plays into the lie much more ffectively that the Imperial Subjects of Amerika actually choose their own Fuehrer.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Jeb's not gonna be happy about letting an interloper take his

place in 2008.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

10. You need....

2/3rds of each house of Congress, the Presidents Signature, and
38 State legislatures and their Governors Signature to pass an
amendment to the constitution! The average time it takes to pass a Consitutional amendment is 8 YEARS!!!!!

[SaveElmer]

13. Not gonna happen that quick...but a good idea

The 'natural born citizen' restriction should be removed. It is only fair. Plus it would cut both ways. It would allow Jennifer Granholm of Michigan to run too.

[Tempest]

14. It would also allow George Soros to run

I wouldn't mind seeing a very successful moderate business man (unlike the current failure) running the country.

[izzie]

15. Takes years to do this.

Do not count on it, the GOP are endlessly doing this. I do think they hate this country they are always trying to change the constitution. They should go back to the country from which they came I swear.

[RedCloud]

16. Should Orrin Hatch be euthanized?

This Hatch bastard talked Kenneth Starr into persecuting Clinton when Starr was going to quit and go back to teaching. What bag of goodies did he promise Starr?

Now the bastard wants to ORRINate on our Constitution and to allow Bush's fellow Nazi worshipper to become President. (I guess by then the formality of being elected will be all but waived)

Prescott Bush + Auschwitz
Papa Bush + JFK sewer assassin
W awol from the service
Papa Bush + Oct. 18, 1980 treason
W + Bin Laden= Arbusto Oil Company

Stop the sh*t while you can.