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Quite the rallying cry from Bernie here. If only we had someone like him in the UK.
Dunno. I can’t help thinking that if he believes that is what is best for his country, perhaps he should have got himself elected.
New Radicals re-forming for a one-off performance of You Get What You Give at the inauguration. 😀
fashion tips for the left leaning inauguration attendee
https://twitter.com/rubycramer/status/1351915535647330306
Quite the rallying cry from Bernie here.
Indeed, yes.
Would like to think that Biden was aware of what Sanders intended to write; it's not as if Sanders is just another Senate member - incoming chair of budget committee, strong personal and political support.
Must be tempting to use the reconciliation process given that McConnell is unwilling to cede the filibuster.
Quite the rallying cry from Bernie here. If only we had someone like him in the UK.
what, some out-of-touch unelectable old bloke? We've been there I think
though not having agent orange there is probably the best thing, it's kinda of going to reinforce the Don the outsider fighting the "swamp" in the eyes of the trumpist base. It's coming over as very chummy and happy that the cheese puff is off to florida.
Was anyone else hoping they'd just open the door of Air Force 1 and push him out? :p disappointed 🙁
I’d have loved to see him walk up to the heliclopter and for the door to remain closed while an Uber cab beeped at him from the front gate.
qanon are expecting the green goblin to show up on his glider and blow them all away with radiation grenade.
Kinda disappointed they didn’t leave an empty seat for Donny at the inauguration.
have foreign leaders ever been invited to this ? or is it always an all US affair.
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Full MemberDunno. I can’t help thinking that if he believes that is what is best for his country, perhaps he should have got himself elected.
Seriously?
what, some out-of-touch unelectable old bloke? We’ve been there I think
Yeah we chose the lazy, lying narcissist instead, and it's going REALLY well.
Just been in a meeting with some American colleagues. I congratulated them on having a new head of state and pretty much got a "meh".
To quote their jokes:
"Trump is deranged, Biden is just senile" and "Kamela will be taking over soon enough".
Edit: I think they were mostly Democrats too...
donnie bone spurs desperate to tweet somethin about size of the crowd, he must be going up the wall 😀
Love a bit of Laday Gaga but she's a bit lefty and I reckon Britney or that Pimp guy that toured with Trump woulda been better to unite the angry gun-toters.
@jimdubleyou - Kamela Harris becoming president would send the right-wing nut jobs completely mental!
and it's done
and it's good to see Pence there
Get. In.
Oh, nine minutes to go. Hang on, people!
How can you be pardoned for a crime you haven’t been convicted of? 🤔
A pardon can been given at any time after the act is committed, he can't pardon anyone for crimes they've not yet committed, but anything after the fact is fair game.
They're not supposed to be a 'get out of jail free' card for the mates of a President, although that has happened before, it's not really rare. Bill Clinton pardoned his Brother for Cocaine possession for example.
Doesn't mean they're off the hook completely, if they really want to they can still go ahead with Steve Bannon's case, he can still be found guilty and he would still be banned from doing certain things as a convicted felon, voting, he may also be banned from some roles in government. He just can't be punished for it.
Also, it's only a pardon for federal criminal crimes, he can still be tried on a state level, or in a civil case.
I'm hoping the news will cut to Florida at 5 past 5 showing Trump being dragged out of his club in handcuffs after having been tasered.
It's now noon in DC so it's official - President Biden.
So Biden's song of choice permits us to smash a merecedes benz? Cool .
get on with it, fbi on stand by ffs
what, some out-of-touch unelectable old bloke?
Which bits do you disagree with?
Are we done here? Are we all off back to the Donny thread for the orange jumpsuit shit?
Ah Garth Brooks for the Republicans. Green Goblin in disguise?
"out-of-touch"
Given his support from the youth, wouldn't that put him very much in-touch?
Sad to see this thread end. thank you to everyone who posted I really enjoyed following it.
Sad to see this thread end. thank you to everyone who posted I really enjoyed following it.
Very much this. Thank you, I have come back to this thread as events have unfolded, getting a kind of real time commentary from people that actually understand it has been invaluable.
And I also enjoyed chewkw's input.
It's been nice to see the end of Cadet bone spur.
He had no style,he had no class.
His big fat face was like a well skelped arse.
Now that he's gone, time for a fair and balanced assesment I think.
Watch till the end....
I very much enjoyed poet lady Amanda Gorman. Something you wouldn't catch me saying normally
Now that he’s gone, time for a fair and balanced assesment I think
Excellent vid as well, he's got skills
Thanks everyone for contributing to the thread. I never thought it would be so bigly when I started it. 😀 It’s been great fun especially on the first weekend as we all watched Biden start to overtake Trump in the key states. Special thanks to thols for his Twitter reportage.
Probably best let it sleep for four years and we can resurrect it again and rename it in 2024.
Onwards to the Biden thread I guess.
Office argument need settling.
Could a president who has served 2 terms then be elected as vice president further down the line?
Now that he’s gone, time for a fair and balanced assesment I think.
Watch till the end….
Well played.
@thepodge - no or maybe yes. The twelfth amendment states:
"no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."
While the 22nd amendment states:
concerns qualifications for election, and thus (strictly applying the text) a former two-term president is still eligible to serve as vice president (neither amendment restricts the number of times an individual can be elected to the vice presidency), and then succeed to the presidency to serve out the balance of the term (though prohibited from running for election to an additional term)
It's not been tested yet!
So probably but unlikely.
Gerald Ford is the only person to have served as president despite having never been elected to either the presidency or the vice-presidency (Nixon's VP, Spiro Agnew, resigned so Ford was taken on as VP. Nixon was then impeached in the Watergate scandal and resigned so Ford then became president). So could Ford have then served two terms? I.e. is a partial term counted for the purposes of the constitution as a full term?
Could a president who has served 2 terms then be elected as vice president further down the line?
The job that's "not worth a bucket of warm piss." No two-term President is going to waste their time as VP. Being an ex-President means 6-figure fees for speeches, book deals, etc. If the President dies, a two-term ex-President would be prohibited from taking over, so no party will ever nominate them.
What would be more interesting is if you had a team of Pres. and VP who agreed to swap jobs and actually share the decision making. That would give them 16 years of power if they could keep winning elections. Doesn't work if one guy does the first eight years, would only work if they agree to alternate the jobs.
Plus: Trump in a support role for anyone else in the entire universe? No chance!
I.e. is a partial term counted for the purposes of the constitution as a full term?
They are limited to 10 years, so they can serve two full terms as an elected President, plus less than two years as an appointed President. Or multiple terms as an appointed President if they kept ending up as VP and the President kept dying.