Farage and Trump

[Sandydragon]

So Farage adds his support to the Trump campaign suggesting that a people's army can boot out the establishment.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08 ... n=DM155344

Perhaps Nige your time might be better spent considering how Britain can leave the EU without it being a total disaster than sucking up to foreign politicians.

[Mellsblue]

The further Farage stays away from Brexit the better.

[Sandydragon]

Ideally he can find some consultancy work with the Republican Party and stay in the us. It's just a shame that he is peddling the same bs over there!

[morepork]

I'm sure he is not doing it for free. What a fucking circus.

[Lizard]

What is the plural again? Is it "Douch Bags" or "Douches Bag"? I can never remember.

[morepork]

What is the plural again? Is it "Douch Bags" or "Douches Bag"? I can never remember.

Yoose douche bags.

[OptimisticJock]

What is the plural again? Is it "Douch Bags" or "Douches Bag"? I can never remember.

Honking, spunk licking, turbo mongs is the correct plural.

[stud muffin]

Farage said something I agreed with, I wouldn't vote for Clinton if you paid me

But then I wouldn't for Trump if you paid me either!!

Who's the third option???

Gary Johnson or Jill Stein, both of whom I know absolutely nothing about. Apparently Johnson is running at 10% and Stein 6%

Whoever gets in, probably Clinton as the lesser of two evils (Just!!!) I doubt there will be a second term.

[Stones of granite]

[Sandydragon]

Farage said something I agreed with, I wouldn't vote for Clinton if you paid me

But then I wouldn't for Trump if you paid me either!!

Who's the third option???

Gary Johnson or Jill Stein, both of whom I know absolutely nothing about. Apparently Johnson is running at 10% and Stein 6%

Whoever gets in, probably Clinton as the lesser of two evils (Just!!!) I doubt there will be a second term.

This really is a selection of the least worse candidate, which Clinton wins, but not by much. The Republican Party needs an almighty kick up the arse.

[Eugene Wrayburn]

I find the idea that Hillary Clinton is only marginally better than Trump absolutely staggering, and frankly deluded.

[canta_brian]

On the bright side they are both ancient, so they could drop dead in their first week in the job. How far into a presidential term do you have to be before you go back to the polls rather than just allowing the vp to carry on (if this is even an option) cos Pence is a racist homophobe by all accounts

[BBD]

My memory may be flawed here, or superseded by changes in the law, but there is no requirement for the incoming Vice President to return to the polls before the expiry of the original presidents elected term. He simply continues with th same mandate

[Sandydragon]

I find the idea that Hillary Clinton is only marginally better than Trump absolutely staggering, and frankly deluded.

Really? I'd say that neither candidate inspires much confidence. Hillary is the better if the two, but she doesn't inspire the same confidence that many of her predecessors have.

[Sandydragon]

My memory may be flawed here, or superseded by changes in the law, but there is no requirement for the incoming Vice President to return to the polls before the expiry of the original presidents elected term. He simply continues with th same mandate

I'd assume that provided the have taken the oath of office, the VP would see out the remainder of the term.

[Eugene Wrayburn]

I find the idea that Hillary Clinton is only marginally better than Trump absolutely staggering, and frankly deluded.

Really? I'd say that neither candidate inspires much confidence. Hillary is the better if the two, but she doesn't inspire the same confidence that many of her predecessors have.

Saying that she doesn't inspire the same confidence as many of her predecessors is not remotely the same thing as saying that she's only marginally better than Trump.

[Lizard]

Yes, VP just takes over.

Before Obama was picked as the Democrat candidate over Hillary, I emailed a US constitutional expert to enquiry whether Hillary could appoint Bill as running mate, then if she won resign after taking office allowing Bill to circumvent the term limits in the US Constitution.

The answer was that on the letter of the law that seemed possible!

[cashead]

Yes, VP just takes over.

Before Obama was picked as the Democrat candidate over Hillary, I emailed a US constitutional expert to enquiry whether Hillary could appoint Bill as running mate, then if she won resign after taking office allowing Bill to circumvent the term limits in the US Constitution.

The answer was that on the letter of the law that seemed possible!

I don't think there was anything specifically in the US law that prevents someone from being VP beyond an X number of tenures. The "no more than twice" term limit for Presidents is a fairly recent thing as well.

[Lizard]

There's also nothing stopping an ex, two-term president being VP.

[Eugene Wrayburn]

Yes, VP just takes over.

Before Obama was picked as the Democrat candidate over Hillary, I emailed a US constitutional expert to enquiry whether Hillary could appoint Bill as running mate, then if she won resign after taking office allowing Bill to circumvent the term limits in the US Constitution.

The answer was that on the letter of the law that seemed possible!

I was wondering if there was anything preventing her from appointing former Harvard Law Review editor Obama to the Supreme Court. Apart from a hostile Senate.

[belgarion]

Yes, VP just takes over.

Before Obama was picked as the Democrat candidate over Hillary, I emailed a US constitutional expert to enquiry whether Hillary could appoint Bill as running mate, then if she won resign after taking office allowing Bill to circumvent the term limits in the US Constitution.

The answer was that on the letter of the law that seemed possible!

I don't think there was anything specifically in the US law that prevents someone from being VP beyond an X number of tenures. The "no more than twice" term limit for Presidents is a fairly recent thing as well.

Changed in 1947. A VP who takes over during another Presidents term can see out that term in office & then seek re-electiob but only for 1 more term.

[Digby]

There's also nothing stopping an ex, two-term president being VP.

It depends. You have to be eligible to be President to stand as a VP, but it's not clear whether you're only barred from being elected President more than twice, or whether it's serving more than twice.

Edit- And of course one could argue a VP could act as President in the event of a succession plan, but wouldn't have to become the President were they in fact ineligible to hold the office.