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Home Front: Politix

Four More Years, Four More Years....for Bill Clinton?

2005-01-23

"I'm tellin' ya, she had honkers out to here!"

Political strategists are reportedly pondering a deal that would allow Bill Clinton to run for president again by getting Republicans to agree to a change in the constitutional ban on third terms. Calling it "a long shot," U.S. News & World Report says the deal would work like this:

"Congressional Democrats will OK a constitutional amendment allowing naturalized citizens like California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to run for president if Republicans help kill the 22nd Amendment."

"Right now it's the talk among political strategists," says the magazine's Washington Whispers section. "But look for it to spread on Capitol Hill when Sen. Orrin Hatch reintroduces his plan to let naturalized citizens run for president after 20 years."

Clinton himself has boasted that he "could be re-elected" one more time.

Bill hasn't had enough. I sure have of him.

Posted by:Captain America

#24 "Time and tide waits for no man."

Somebody

Posted by: Poet 2005-01-23 5:36:40 PM

#23 Sorry, but the U.S. has suffered enough Billary for its lifetime. Any Democrat silly enough to even contemplate this sort of thing must be pretty damned desperate.

Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-23 5:02:57 PM

#22 , not knowing whether or not to quote Bible scripture when someone asks them the time.

Do you need work Captain?

Posted by: Carl with a K 2005-01-23 4:06:08 PM

#21 I could see Bill as UNSG. A huge rhetorical platform on which he can pontificate about Big Global Issues of Concern while, as Bob Geldofr memorably put it in his comparison of Clinton and W re AIDS in Africa, "doing f***-all." And he could help funnel cash to buddies like Marc Rich.

Cynicism aside, it wouldn't be such a bad outcome for the US when you consider the competition. Remember, we thought Kofi was a huge improvement over his predecessor in 1996... tells you how low the bar has been set.

Posted by: lex 2005-01-23 3:48:36 PM

#20 Bill's going for UN Sect'y after Kofi - lotsa interns there, and the level of expected behavior suits him

Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-23 3:30:49 PM

#19 The Dummycrats are in a fit of desparation, not knowing whether or not to quote Bible scripture when someone asks them the time.

They have no one credible to name as chairperson for the DNC. They have two entirely lame spokespersons in Harry Reid and Nancy "deer in headlights" Pelosi.

They are coming across as whiners and complainers without any plans of their own. They are unserious is very serious times.

Meanwhile, Bill Clinton languishes for headlines and spotlights. He would like nothing more than to recoup his tarnished legacy (visitors are not flocking to Little Rock to his "library"). Being the party's savior is his greatest wet dream.

Could we see the Dummycratic Party renamed as Bilary Party, with Bill as prez and Hill as v.prez?

Posted by: Captain America 2005-01-23 3:23:09 PM

#18 Imagine if the Republicans went along with such a deal and Bill lost the primary. How sad would that be.

Imagine Clinton vs Clinton vs Gore vs Kerry in 2008. A Leiberman/Edwards ticket would have a better chance of grabbing the middle.

Posted by: RJSchwarz 2005-01-23 1:41:44 PM

#17 Has any party put up a candidate for the job knowing the candidate could/would only fill a single term? That's madness, the goal is to grab 2 terms and set your VP up for another 2 terms. 1 term isn't enough to properly guarantee a launching pad for the VP (heck for Gore 2 terms wasn't enough).

This is foolishness, go back to your attempts at running the UN bill, you got a chance there.

Posted by: RJSchwarz 2005-01-23 1:40:02 PM

#16 strategists: that was pretty damn funny! LOL

Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-23 12:51:27 PM

#15 I could just picture it ....
Democratic primary Clinton vs Clinton vs Gore.

90's Flash back.

Posted by: tex 2005-01-23 12:30:17 PM

#14 Or am I mistaken

You're mistaken.

Posted by: Angie Schultz 2005-01-23 12:08:14 PM

#13 I may not be a lawyer but as I understand the admendment it only bans more than two conscecutive terms. Or am I mistaken

Posted by: Cheaderhead 2005-01-23 9:51:36 AM

#12 I don't think he'll be able to run in 2008 on account of his lower lip being all worn down to a nubbin.

Posted by: strategists 2005-01-23 1:49:39 AM

#11 Found this at Lucianne:

India Knight: Meet the mummy-wife

...As it happens, Laura Bush has the highest approval rating of any first lady in living memory: it currently stands at 71%. Her popularity outranks her husbandâs by nearly 20%, and 55% of Democrats like her, even if they loathe her other half. Her fans donât consist solely of conservative evangelicals. Furthermore, nearly four-fifths of Americans recently told pollsters she has âimproved the image of the office of first ladyâ.

I don't think either Clinton could sit in the big chair. But it's early yet.

Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-01-23 1:35:51 AM

#10 Agree with the Costco'ers. Arnold is a totally Collyfornian solution to a Collyfornian problem. He may be the MSM's ultimate RINO wet dream-- a more photogenic and interesting version of McCain-- but he simply isn't national or international material. Let him clean house in CA and go back to making money and groping starlets. Cleaning up CA's corrupt politics and getting it in order are achievement enough.

Posted by: lex 2005-01-23 1:24:29 AM

#9 Congressional Democrats will OK a constitutional amendment allowing naturalized citizens like California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to run for president if Republicans help kill the 22nd Amendment."

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Anyone shop at Costco and read it's magazine?

I started reading it tonight and they reviewed last year's debate questions.

July - Should foreign-born US citizens be allwed to run for president??

Yes - 23%

No - 77%

Don't know how many responded, but I think the pubbies are making a mistake in pushing this. This could just be the national party.

Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-01-23 1:20:19 AM

#8 Or the Lorena Bobbitt treatment.

Posted by: lex 2005-01-23 12:47:46 AM

#7 Hillary's response? Bill gets a Vince Foster "suicide"

Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-23 12:47:10 AM

#6 It's not impossible. I could see a sharp turn against the big bad world and toward isolationism in 2008, in which red staters say "F*** those little bastards, no point trying to help them liberate themselves" and blue staters say "F*** those little bastards in Washington, no point trying to help their pet projects overseas." Clinton could sell anything, and he's got a keen nose for which way the political winds are drifting. He could be the anti-Wilsonian for the 21st c., another Harding.

But I wouldn't bet on it. Hilarity won't let it happen.

Posted by: lex 2005-01-23 12:35:21 AM

#5 and now we return to the halcyon days of yesteryear.... The dems are really grasping at straws. Bill truly is the only democrat that might be elected and that is only because he such a frighteningly good liar.

Posted by: RWV 2005-01-23 12:30:22 AM

#4 [Clinton] has given himself a definately non-serious reputation in a world that is currently far TOO serious.

Exactly. Clinton's the quintessential dotcom-era guy. Triangulate, pontificate, worm your way out of any difficulty btu for god's sake, don't ever let anyone know what you really in your heart of hearts believe. He's the worst possible type of leader for a war to the death with a global death cult.

Posted by: lex 2005-01-23 12:28:20 AM

#3 Hilary-ous. Bill's foremost opponent will be the harridan he dumped.

In any case, it's doubtful his ticker will hold out for four more years, let alone eight. He looks like a skeleton these days.

Posted by: lex 2005-01-23 12:25:30 AM

#2 I mean, come on, he did win the presidency with the help of Perot (which is never mentioned by the people talking about how he's such a good candidate), and was able to hold on against Dole (but still never broke 50%) but managed to break the Democratic Party's hold on Congress, and has given himself a definately non-serious reputation in a world that is currently far TOO serious.

Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-01-23 12:25:04 AM

#1 I find the idea of Bill running to be the funniest thing I've heard of in a long time.

Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-01-23 12:22:38 AM

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