BF2S Forums Could Bill Clinton be Vice President or even President Again?

sergeriver wrote:

IRONCHEF wrote:

I don't think the 22nd cancels any provisions of the 12th as they are two separate scenarios.

As for me, I'd prefer that neither of them make the white house..but if Hillary does win, and she considers her husband for a position, I'd hope he'd be chief of staff or some cabinet position as he'd be excellent in that capacity.  Vice President would be lame even if he could serve.  I'd much rather Hillary pick one of the dem, or even a moderate republican presidential candidates for VP.

But this is assuming Barrack is beaten by Hillary in the primaries, which I hope doesn't happen.

Do you think that a black guy called Hussein could become President of US?

Absolutely.  And I don't think 90% of the country knows his middle name, as if it mattered.  What is funny is that it's Barrack "Hussein" "Obama"  lol  How unlucky could you be, considering the perceived namesake he has with current politics and terrorism?  And little do most of us ignorant americans know that hussein is about as common as our 'smith.'

Barrack's charisma is so strong and his presence so honest looking/sounding that any petty things like his name, his race, his ancestral background, his relatively short time in politics can easily be overlooked.  In America, we like the guys that look good on TV and sound convincing (Mit Romney).  I think that's how most people vote.  If they get a good vibe from a candidate on TV (without knowing jack about their platform) they vote accordingly.  Sad, but true.  Oh, and money is a strong advantage to getting on TV enough to be seen by the people.  And frankly put, I can imagine these highly educated, very well spoken and learned guys as being president, vice president, and white house press secretary:





Yep, the era of "The White House Pretty Boys" is upon us!

And a good secretary of state that EVERYONE would listen to...

Last edited by IRONCHEF (2006-12-22 09:34:35)

Hasn't Hilary Clinton been campaining against video games in order to have them banned? Or was she just jumping on Jack Thompsons bandwagon?

IRONCHEF wrote:

Oh good.  THis is something I've always wanted to know....

What exactly "qualifies" one to be president of the United States?

Any Presidential Candidate must be a natural born U.S. Citizen, at least 35 years of age, and must have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.

I think those are the only requirements as stated by the U.S. Constitution.  The other unwritten requirement is that the candidate must possess the ability to convince enough seemingly uneducated Americans to vote for him/her.

I personally think Clinton (Bill) was a good president.  As for Dubbya...that was basically trying to choose the lesser of two evils during the first election.  And some would argue that the greater evil fixed the vote in Florida.  The second election, well, Kerry was doomed as a fence setter from the get go.  And with the events of 9/11 still in the back of everyone's mind, the last thing America wanted was a fence setter.  They wanted someone who would make a decision and move forward with it.  Unfortunately, now everyone wants those decisions to be made differently.

JG1567JG wrote:

ThomasMorgan wrote:

JG1567JG wrote:

Clinton is allowed to be president again.  That amendment is there to only limit consecutive terms.  Clinton served two terms (8 years) and he became inelegible for office of the presidency only for the next four years.
Technically he could have ran against G.W. Bush when Bush ran for a second term.

Incorrect.  Once voted into office twice, you cannot be voted in again, no matter if your terms are consecutive or not.

I shall stand corrected after reading the 22nd amendment.  I was always told, by teachers that it was only for consectutive terms.

That's what I thought too.