Donald Trump the road that might not lead to the White House - Redux 2024 thread.

[moochedit]

I'm not sure what the rules say. Are they that you can't win more than two elections, or that you can't serve more than two terms? In his tiny mind he's aiming to do the former, but hasn't been allowed to serve his deservedly won second term.

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. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

The 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

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 President more...

constitutioncenter.org

 

[WouldBe]

Well then as he "won" last time he can't stand again.

 

[moochedit]

Amending that rule would be tricky:

Article V

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

Although maybe the supreme court judges could do some "creative" interpretations of it all

 

[moochedit]

Well then as he "won" last time he can't stand again.

Would at least be a silver lining if he does win that he's definately done 2 terms next time round

 

[petee]

I think South Dakota governor Kristi Noem might now be off the list of VP contenders

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makin' hay

 

[Yossarian]

 

[Yossarian]

As a possible VP to a term-limited 78-year-old cheeseburger aficionado, Noem would have had a good shot at becoming president but I think she's blown it now, even a lot of conservatives are condemning her.

And there's a bonus for Biden - if he's criticised, as he deserves to be, for not sending Commander away until Secret Service personnel had been bitten dozens of times, he can say "At least I didn't shoot it in a gravel pit"

 

[Silas Loom]

Have politicians learned nothing from Rinka? Always hire a deniable hitman to deal with troublesome dogs.

 

[two sheds]

You'd think that her shooting anything living would raise her approval rating with republicans

 

[PR1Berske]

Have politicians learned nothing from Rinka? Always hire a deniable hitman to deal with troublesome dogs.

Niche.

 

[Wilf]

Have politicians learned nothing from Rinka? Always hire a deniable hitman to deal with troublesome dogs.

Phew, that's one for our older viewers!

 

[Wilf]

You'd think that her shooting anything living would raise her approval rating with republicans

Dick Cheyney shot a lawyer. TBH, I'm sort of ambiguous about that.

 

[krtek a houby]

Farah Griffin, former Trump White House staff :

"Dogs are a gift from God. They’re a reflection of his unconditional love. Anyone who would needlessly hurt an animal because they are inconvenient needs help.”

Are they a gift from a fictional character?

 

[tim]

Dick Cheyney shot a lawyer. TBH, I'm sort of ambiguous about that.

Archbishop Robert Runcie used to kill people with a rank that he commanded.

(Tank)

 

[Wilf]

Farah Griffin, former Trump White House staff :

"Dogs are a gift from God. They’re a reflection of his unconditional love. Anyone who would needlessly hurt an animal because they are inconvenient needs help.”

Are they a gift from a fictional character?

Republicans:

'Mah dawg, a gift from God'

'Other animals? Shoot 'em... right to bear arms... MAGA... hunting is a gift from God'.

 

[Wilf]

Archbishop Robert Runcie used to kill people with a rank that he commanded

In his work as a cab driver?

 

[gosub]

Dick Cheyney shot a lawyer. TBH, I'm sort of ambiguous about that.

Tbf Harry Whittington did apologize

 

[tim]

In his work as a cab driver?

Yes, but he had no qualms about going East of the River (Rhine).

 

[NoXion]

As a possible VP to a term-limited 78-year-old cheeseburger aficionado, Noem would have had a good shot at becoming president but I think she's blown it now, even a lot of conservatives are condemning her.

And there's a bonus for Biden - if he's criticised, as he deserves to be, for not sending Commander away until Secret Service personnel had been bitten dozens of times, he can say "At least I didn't shoot it in a gravel pit"

To be honest, I can't help but think that Commander might be on to something when it comes to the Secret Service. I don't think it's been properly purged of Trump loyalists.

 

[Serge Forward]

Have politicians learned nothing from Rinka? Always hire a deniable hitman to deal with troublesome dogs.

I once read an alternative history/crime novel in which Rinka survived and Norman Scott didn't.

 

[Silas Loom]

I once read an alternative history/crime novel in which Rinka survived and Norman Scott didn't.

What changed as a result? Did smartphones happen? Global warming? Fidget spinners?

 

[Serge Forward]

What changed as a result? Did smartphones happen? Global warming? Fidget spinners?

It was a decent story about dilly boys in Soho and early gay pride marches. Not much was historically different. Mind you, Harold Wilson was a crazed power mad psychopath (though that might have been in the sequel).

Eta: for anyone interested, the book is Beneath the Streets by Adam MacQueen.

 

[two sheds]

This would likely need a rewrite:

 

[kabbes]

Archbishop Robert Runcie used to kill people with a rank that he commanded

Bishops hunt on the diagonal, not the rank.

 

[Serge Forward]

This would likely need a rewrite:

It was pretty much on the money for judges at the time.

 

[Kaka Tim]

" i shot my puppy cos it was pissing me off" - its probably close to the single most disastrous thing a politician could ever possibly say.
doing it is bad enough - but blithely telling everonye all about in a book shows a spectacular lack of awareness wrt to the how 99% of the population would react.

 

[Raheem]

spectacular lack of awareness wrt to the how 99% of the population would react.

Is that with or without making the population South Dakotan?

 

[Raheem]

Trump should get a referendum held in Alabama so that they secede from the union and make him king. Everyone wins.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

What the fuck is wrong with Americans

CNN Poll: Trump maintains lead over Biden in 2024 matchup as views on their presidencies diverge​

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/28/politics/cnn-poll-trump-biden-matchup/index.html

 

[krtek a houby]

What the fuck is wrong with Americans

CNN Poll: Trump maintains lead over Biden in 2024 matchup as views on their presidencies diverge​

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/28/politics/cnn-poll-trump-biden-matchup/index.html

Some of them have swallowed the kool aid wholesale.

The whole patriotic strongman is in vogue and the more Trump is attacked by the deep state, the more the base doubles down on support.

When he claimed he could get away with murder, he was pretty much on the ball. He knows his audience well.