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It wasn't originally constitutionally required, but presidents who served two terms have traditionally followed George Washington's example and gotten false teeth.
Huh. "Elected twice", not "served two terms"... So, even if the insurrectionist ban doesn't pan out, Trump still has to concede that he lost the 2020 election to run again.
If logic was a thing Trump or his supporters cared or knew about, that might be a good angle.
You're looking for logical consistency where none exists.
It’s a fun bit, but no. The Electoral College elects the President so even if his harebrained bullshit was reality, he wasn’t “elected” twice.
So hear me out here. He can only be elected twice. But the text of Article 2 says in the event of a tie, no one reaching a majority, or fuckery, Congress "chooses" the president.
I'll be over here ordering more whiskey. I'm pretty sure I'm going to need it.
Oh and while there has to be an election every 4 years, Congress decides when to choose and call the electors. Yup definitely getting the good stuff.
Fucking gentleman's agreement of a country.
Oh yeah, that line of reasoning you're proposing has been done to death in the media etc. Hasn't changed shit. Because reason hasn't held any water in this particular case for a while now...
This is the most stressful XKCD I've ever read...
The ship of Theseus problem is easily solved with paperwork and IDs
Yep, Obama already faked his papers. Everyone knows he was born in Norway
That first panel was extremely relatable as a Brit.
What the fuck would you poms know about it? Like in the cricket, Australia has you beat. You've had 6 since 2000, we've had 8.
I didn't know it was a competition as to whose government shit the bed worse. I guess making it one has to do with the inferiority complex you get from knowing all your ancestors were criminals.
I would have happily taken a third or fourth Obama term over the shitshow we actually got.
Heck, a third Clinton term instead of GWB would have been great.
What if Obama replaces his body with that of a robot?
Better him than Nixon.
The brain and the soul make the man, not the body. Unless we're talking about Mr. Universe champions, or other elite athletes.
Even if Obama were eligible, I doubt that we could convince him to do it again.
He seems way too happy with retirement to want to deal with the militant toddlers that sprung up after he left.
Imagine being alive from 2009 to 2017 and thinking to yourself "Wow, Obama did such a great job, I want that guy back here running things again."
God damn, I thought Randall Munroe was supposed to be smart.
I think it was more like the guy before him drug us into multiple, decades long wars - then the guy after him tried to overthrow our democracy and instill himself as president after losing an election. So having an 8 year break of semi-normalcy was refreshing.
No, tan suits and Dijon mustard are so much worse than either of those.