I invite Joe Biden to pledge to follow this pathway to putting Barack Obama back in the White House. By pledging, he may improve his chance of getting elected. Who knows? The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dying Wish must come true. The vacancy on the Supreme Court must remain open. I won't spend time on that step, because that's what everyone's already talking about. So let's jump forward to the new things:
First, President Joe Biden nominates Vice President Kamala Harris for the Supreme Court. He pledged to pick a black woman. Pledge kept. Now, he has the distinction of choosing not only the first black woman for the Court but also the first Asian person.
The choice would also meet a long-discussed goal of putting someone with political experience on the Court. This is something Bill Clinton wanted to do. In reminiscing — just a few days ago — about his choice of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he openly talked about his original preference for someone political (specifically Mario Cuomo). Trump has shown the same interest when he put Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton on his Supreme Court list.
When Harris is confirmed, she will resign from the vice presidency, which will give President Biden the power to appoint the new Vice President. He can pick Barack Obama. Then all Biden needs to do is resign. He's feeling too elderly to serve. Oops! Thought I could do it, but turns out I'm getting weaker by the day. Whatever. Or don't even surprise us. Tell us now that you'll follow this path. Then, when you resign, you'll just be doing what you promised, keeping your pledge.
And don't tell me Barack Obama is term-limited. As Supreme Court nominees like to say, you read the text and you say what it means, not what you wish it would mean. Here's the text of the 22nd Amendment: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice...." There's no point in this scheme where Barack Obama is elected to the office of the President more than twice. He's appointed Vice President, and he assumes the presidency not by another election but by the resignation of President Biden.
ADDED: Meade is accusing me of "energizing Trumpers." Hmm. Do you think so?
IN THE COMMENTS: tcross asks "What's in it for Obama?" Well, for one thing, he gets to appoint the next Vice President. And then he's free to resign whenever it works best for him — so that he will have appointed the next President! He can restore what will be proclaimed "civility." Make us feel like we're good people again. Pat us on the head for behaving better. Make concerts in the White House great again. Pose with world leaders. Win another Nobel Prize.
ALSO: tcross's comment had more to it: "What's in it for Obama? It might get him off the hook for the huge advance he got for the book he has yet to produce." And the really cool thing is, then Obama could win the Nobel Prize for Literature! He won the Nobel Peace Prize without doing anything for it. He should win the Nobel Prize for Literature for figuring out the most high-flown, brilliant way of NOT writing a book. Conceptual art, blah blah blah. Stunning!!!
September 22, 2020
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I am Vladimir Putin, and I endorse this plan.
Didn't Obama say "You don't have to do this, Joe"? Maybe this is "this".
But the Durham report will be the roadmap to Obama's and biden's impeachment.
Rick T (10:47am):
Our favorite blogger would be safe from a Dick the Butcher: he said "kill all the lawyers", not 'kill all the law professors' or 'kill all the retired law professors' or 'kill anyone with a law degree'. Assuming of course D the B parsed his words like a lawyer: maybe he was an unsuccessful lawyer himself, who had to turn to butchery to make a living after his practice failed. A college classmate was a lawyer for 10 years and then became a big-city unionized bus driver. Don't laugh: I'm still working and he's been retired to a lake-house in New England on a fat pension for several years now.
As a Trump supporter I am indeed energized by Althouse's Biden/Obama pathway plan.
It makes my pathway plan for a Rabel/Scarlett Johansson mating seem much more realistic by comparison. I can feel the energy arising as I type.
And Constitutionally proper, if my reading is correct.
gilbar, the 25th amendment covers appointing a VP:
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
I'm not a big believer that a 'perfect SCOTUS' appointment would move the electorate to swing any election. Hell, voter's interviewed have a hard time telling us the name of the Vice President, their own - Senators, Congressman and Mayors. In the age of the 'Internet' voters do know the 'Kardashian' tribe, Taylor Swift, LeBron James, and various entertainment types.
Althouses' fantasy is yet another reason to get Ginzburg's replacement seated before the election. Tip to our hostess, good fiction requires a certain level of believability. This fantasy isn't. Speaking of somewhat plausible fantasy Collins and Murky said the nomination for the Supreme Court should be delayed. However they did not say they would abstain from voting. I would guess between Murky, Mittens and Collins two of the three will vote to confirm Trump's pick.
I think Dr. Jill Biden might have a thing or two, to say about this scheme.
I think Dr. Jill Biden might have a thing or two, to say about this scheme.
I understand that to be a vice-president, the person must be eligible to be president - which Obama isn’t, because of the constitutional amendment limiting terms. Please correct me if I’m wrong on this.
Both the House and Senate have to approve the VP appointment.
A reaffirmative action.
MOPA!
Howard: "Obambi the Osama Slayer may be the most condescending President (you really mean uppity)."
I see our democraticals have reverted to obama-knife-in-his-teeth-rappelling-into-the-osama-compound-to-shove-a-blade-in-osama's-throat mode.
Actually, it was those deplorable Navy SEALs who did the deed.
But don't worry Howard. Biden and the Taliban got the SEAL's back after Biden let loose with identifying the SEALs as the personnel involved and then the SEALs later got ambushed.
So, all in all, that's a big win for you democraticals and your islamic supremacist allies considering the combat arms are the most pro-republican military personnel of all.
Ann, Don't they have the 12th Amendment in Wisconsin?
Dan said...
gilbar, the 25th amendment covers appointing a VP:
thanx dan, i stand corrected
I understand that to be a vice-president, the person must be eligible to be president - which Obama isn’t, because of the constitutional amendment limiting terms. Please correct me if I’m wrong on this.
You are correct.
In a moment of mythical Messianic hope, the "cruelly-neutral" Ann Althouse said...
"I invite Joe Biden to pledge to follow this pathway to putting Barack Obama back in the White House. By pledging, he may improve his chance of getting elected."
Oh the illusory glow of The Chosen One causes the compulsory worshipful clinging, in a desperation scenario which may win Muttering Joe the election. Beyond that, Kamala Harris on the Supreme Court? Should we also have Nancy Pelosi as Secretary of State? Or Jenny Durkan as Secretary of Defense?
Meade was right. You are stirring the pot for Trumpers, Madame La Professeur. Interesting to think about, though, really, and in the Apocalyptic Era of 2020, why not? What else could better wrap this truly bizarre year up in a pretty little bow?
Dan said...
gilbar, the 25th amendment covers appointing a VP:
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
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does not say "each" House/s/ of Congress. whoeverParty can pack the Houses wins (no need for majority in Senators - just sufficient extra bodies in Representatives)
Does "elect" mean popular vote or EC vote? or vote by Houses of Congress with or without campaigning >>> in any case elect is not in play?
If Barry wanted to be President, the shortest and soundest approach would have been to have Michelle run as the Democrat candidate for President. She would have whupped up on Plugs Biden in a New York minute. She would then have been able to name Barry Soetoro as her running mate - and it is all downhill from there.
This scumbag, Obama, and his scumbag wife Michelle lied about their deep and intimate 8-year daily relationship with attempted mass murderers and accomplished cop-killers Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
So, Ann, are you really delighted that someone who approves of his friends setting bombs to kill innocent government workers, civilians, soldiers, and police, and actually killing and maiming police, may achieve the presidency again?
Because that is so far beyond repulsive, I'm surprised that you would make some kind of verbal game out of it. Start telling the truth about Obama's lies.
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah, I can see Obama doing that, given the opportunity.
Drago said...
Howard: "Obambi the Osama Slayer may be the most condescending President (you really mean uppity)."
I see our democraticals have reverted to obama-knife-in-his-teeth-rappelling-into-the-osama-compound-to-shove-a-blade-in-osama's-throat mode.
Actually, it was those deplorable Navy SEALs who did the deed.
But don't worry Howard. Biden and the Taliban got the SEAL's back after Biden let loose with identifying the SEALs as the personnel involved and then the SEALs later got ambushed.
So, all in all, that's a big win for you democraticals and your islamic supremacist allies considering the combat arms are the most pro-republican military personnel of all.
Sure, if you can say that Obama killed Osama, you can certainly say that Biden murdered SEAL Team 6 and Extortion 17.
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