Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Ode to the 22nd Amendment

The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified 56 years ago today!

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.

This means that after January 20, 2009, George W. Bush will never be president again!!!!! Less than 700 days until the end! Quack quack quack!

(Even if he wasn't legitimately "elected to the office of the President" in 2000, he still "acted as President for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President", so he doesn't get a free pass here.)

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