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Old 02-22-2017, 12:04 PM   #1
Clodfobble
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I expect war, m'self. Either us with a foreign power (my money's on China), or us with ourselves. Or both.

I think the Republicans will almost certainly impeach before the first term is out--Mr. Clod says about 6 months before the midterms, I say sooner than that--because then they get to be the saviors for turning on their own guy and all is forgiven, plus, they could theoretically get more than 8 years out of whoever steps in to replace him. Whether or not they agree with the hatred of Trump, they don't like someone they can't control, and they have the majority votes to bring him down whenever McConnell and Ryan decide it's time.

But an impeachment will bring riots. Also, the lack of impeachment will bring riots. There's no easy way out.
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Old 02-22-2017, 01:09 PM   #2
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plus, they could theoretically get more than 8 years out of whoever steps in to replace him.
My recollection is that 10 is the maximum number of years any pres can have. So if a VP becomes pres with 3 years left to serve in that term, that person can only run for reelection once. It would have to happen after January '19 to get two more additional terms.

According to Wikipedia, the text is:

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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.
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