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Tue Sep-06-05 04:06 PM
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If bu$h and Cheney are impeached. Who would be prez and vice prez? |
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Could we actually do worse? Frist and Hastert?
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:07 PM
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1. Hastert won't get it. He took $$ he ought not to have taken from Turkey |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:07 PM
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:07 PM
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3. We have to throw them all out....can't have any of them in power. |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:08 PM
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unless we get a democratic congress, in which case the speaker will be a Dem and thus the new pres
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:08 PM
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5. We could do it the way they did it with Nixon |
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Cheney resigns first. Bush is forced to select an reasonable replacement. Then Bush resigns and we can then focus on cleaning up this mess they've made.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:09 PM
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6. Bush has never appointed a reasonable person for anything. |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:18 PM
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17. Congress will have to give him no choice |
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Bush isn't going to be calling the shots for much longer. Pretty soon he'll be quivering in a corner begging for mercy.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:09 PM
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7. Could it be Rumsfeld? Oh, but he's running the country anyway. |
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Better make sure he goes too.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:12 PM
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8. Look at this and tell me which one you want. |
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* The Vice President Richard Cheney * Speaker of the House John Dennis Hastert * President pro tempore of the Senate1 Ted Stevens * Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice * Secretary of the Treasury John Snow * Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld * Attorney General Alberto Gonzales * Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton * Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns * Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez2 * Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao3 * Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt * Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson * Secretary of Transportation Norman Yoshio Mineta * Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman * Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings * Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson * Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:14 PM
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:18 PM
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16. Chertoff is a dual citizen of Israel and the USA. Is he eligible? |
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Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 04:18 PM by CottonBear
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:18 PM
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18. He was born here. He is eligible. n/t |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:13 PM
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9. Edited: Because the maybe the line of succession has |
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Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 04:14 PM by TheDebbieDee
changed in the 25 years since I went to High School.
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Walt Starr
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:14 PM
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12. Nope, Hastert is number 2 on the list |
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Frist is not on the list at all.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:15 PM
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14. I thought next in line was Speaker of the House (Hassert) and |
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if he/she is unable to serve, then it goes to Sec of State.
Does anyone know the correct line up?
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:13 PM
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Presuming that we take back the House next year and * is impeached and the trial in the Senate returns "remove from office" and that both * and Crashcart are impeached and removed. Then the Speaker of the House, most likely Nancy Pelosi would take over as President. She then can appoint a VEEP. (How about Big Dawg?)
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Tue Sep-06-05 08:30 PM
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21. Big Dawg's not eligible to be VP |
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To be Vice President you must be constitutionally eligible to be President. Clinton was elected twice, hence is not eligible to hold the office of President again.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:13 PM
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11. Here's the succession list... |
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The Vice President Richard Cheney Speaker of the House John Dennis Hastert President pro tempore of the Senate1 Ted Stevens Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Secretary of the Treasury John Snow Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson Secretary of Transportation Norman Yoshio Mineta Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson
Between Secretaries of Agriculture and HHS are generally the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor, however, Carlos Gutierrez and Elaine Chao were not born in this country and are thus ineligible.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:16 PM
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15. Thanks for the info ..eom |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:19 PM
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19. actually, it depends on the timing |
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if cheney is removed first, then shrub would appoint a replacement, to be confirmed by the senate. this replacement would then become president once bush was removed. this is essentially the scenario by which ford became president after agnew and then nixon resigned.
if bush is removed first, then cheney immediately becomes president. the office of the vice-president then being vacant, cheney appoints his own successor as veep, who, again, becomes president when cheney is removed.
if both are removed simultaneously, or at least, before a replacement under either of the above scenarios can be named, then hastert becomes president, and he then gets to nominate his veep.
finally, if a president nominates a veep due to a vacancy, and the president is then removed from office before that veep nominee is confirmed by the senate, then we have a bit of a constitutional mess on our hands. presumably, hastert would become president and could withdraw the veep nominee if so desired. most likely, though, the senate would do things in the "known" order, assuming they are the ones controlling the timing.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:59 PM
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20. Well that's seven different kinds of awful.... |
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