Obama Announces Plans For A Third Term Presidential Run

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Washington, DC — President Barack Obama shocked the country this morning with news that he is running for a third term.

“I can’t abandon the American people now when they need me more than ever,” Obama told reporters at a press conference this morning. “We’ve come this far as a nation, now is not the time to do something different. This is the change you wanted and this is the change you’re getting.”

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky told CNN he does not agree with Obama and his announcement. “This defies everything the Constitution stands for,” Paul said. “We can not let this man have a third term.”

In the history of this country only two presidents have served more than two terms, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D, Roosevelt. The major problem for Obama when he runs in 2016, is the 22nd Amendment. In short, the 22nd Amendment states, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice…”

The U.S. Constitution does make an exception in the 22nd Amendment though: “This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission to the states by the Congress.” This means Obama’s third term presidential run is only valid if he receives 75% approval from the Congress.

http://nationalreport.net/obama-announces-plans-third-term-presidential-run/

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[Gelston]

The U.S. Constitution does make an exception in the 22nd Amendment though: “This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission to the states by the Congress.” This means Obama’s third term presidential run is only valid if he receives 75% approval from the Congress.



Bolded is false. That part of the Amendment was merely a deadline, which is not required in any proposed Amendment. It required 3/4ths of the then US states to ratify within 7 years for it to be an Amendment to the Constitution. It did happen, and so that section is generally meaningless now. This Amendment cannot be changed unless it is struck down by a new amendment which would require, again, 75% of the States' Legislatures to ratify it.

And then I look at your crazy picture that I just bothered to read and see the trolling intentions. :P Well played.

The comments on that site are hilarious though.

[Johnny Five]

Good to see Cwolff made a guest appearance in your post.

[Whirlin]

Read the comments on the site.

[waywardgs]

Read the comments on the site.

But not if you're already feeling depressed today...

[Tgo01]

It's hard to tell if the comment section is full of people who don't get satire or is full of people in on the joke but are playing along.

You have people supposedly against Obama screaming what a horrible thing it would be if he gets reelected then you have people who support Obama either saying how awesome it would be if he won a third term or saying they like Obama but thinks he should follow the law and not run for a third term.

I think I only saw one comment where someone kind of, sort of, maybe questioned if the story was real.

[Whirlin]

It's hard to tell if the comment section is full of people who don't get satire or is full of people in on the joke but are playing along.


I think you're giving people way too much credit! There seemed to just be hate post after hate post. Normally I'd be skeptical if the entire website didn't seem like it was catering to the teaparty.

[Tgo01]

I think you're giving people way too much credit! There seemed to just be hate post after hate post. Normally I'd be skeptical if the entire website didn't seem like it was catering to the teaparty.

Yeah, but like, look at this story (http://nationalreport.net/baffling-mystery-washington-dc-10-30-million-people-reported-missing/), 10-30 million people disappeared but they believe the search party is wearing camouflage so the people they are looking for can't see them and yet the comments are mostly people speculating where the missing people are or going along with the story that the missing people are also wearing camouflage and can't be seen.

I would imagine people that stupid wouldn't even know how to wake up in the morning much less operate a computer.

[Johnny Five]

WAIT WHAT!? THIS IS FAKE!? Guess I better go burn my protest signs.