A little news
tidbit rattled the cages of a few bloggers on Friday when it was learned that Representative
José Serrano (D-NY15) reintroduced a bill to repeal
the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
H.J.
Res. 15 proposes “an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of
terms an individual may serve as President.” [Emphasis mine]
I know one
could easily make the leap that since Serrano is a democrat and the current
occupant of the Oval Office is likewise a Democrat that a plot is afoot to
engineer a third term for President Thin-Skinned. Fear not.
Repealing the
22nd Amendment has been a longtime goal of Serrano’s, regardless of the sitting
president’s political party. Serrano proposed
similar resolutions in 1997 and 1999, during Bill Clinton’s
administration, and in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007, during George W. Bush’s
administration. He proposed the repeal again in 2009 after Obama took office.
Democratic
Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer also repeatedly
proposed repealing the 22nd Amendment during both the Clinton and Bush
administrations.
A banana
republic, if you can keep it.
Marc Faber, author
of the Gloom,
Doom & Boom Report, believes “a banana republic isn't characterized
only by a rotten political system, ruled by a small, wealthy, and corrupt
clique usually put in power or supported by foreign interests, but also by huge
wealth and income inequities, poor infrastructure, backwardness in many sectors
of the economy, low capital spending, a reliance on foreign capital, money
printing and budget deficits, and of course a weakening currency.”
It is safe to
say that the current crop of lock-step democrats would love nothing better than
to have Barack Hussein Alinsky installed as “President for Life”.
That
ain’t happening no matter how much “our betters” crave it.
Thank you, Mr.
Twain for providing the title of this blog post.
I saw this bit of scary news too, and I think it is indeed possible that the Dims will engineer a way for Obama to be President for Life. I'd rather see an army coup before that happens.
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