I think he’s responsible for global warming…
Hill cool to Clinton’s president-term idea – WashTimes
Last week, Mr. Clinton told an audience at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston that the amendment, which limits presidents to serving two elected terms, should be changed only to limit a president to two consecutive terms.
“There may come a time when we elect a president at age 45 or 50, and then 20 years later the country comes up against the same kind of problems the president faced before,” he said. “People would like to bring that man or woman back but they would have no way to do so.”
The same problemsthe president faced before? I hope the moral and ethical problems Bubba had as president are never repeated!
And the Republican reaction:
Mr. DeLay said he agrees the amendment should be changed, but he wants to do away with it entirely. He said Mr. Clinton should join him in that effort.
“If he would help me maybe we could repeal the 22nd Amendment and then he can run again and we can beat him once and for all,” Mr. DeLay said.
Other Republicans just dismissed Mr. Clinton’s remarks.
“I think two terms is quite enough,” said Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican.
“I just say good try, Mr. President, good try,” said Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican.
Mr. Hatch is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which would have to approve any change, and he said that’s just not going to happen.
“Nobody’s going to do that,” he said.
The funny thing about Sen. Orrin Hatch is that the Republicans can’t always count on him to vote with the party on tough issues. “Don’t count your Hatches before they chicken,” they say.
Pretty funny stuff. I remember, during Reagan’s second term, there were quite a few Republican leaders who were promoting repeal of the 22nd Amendment.
Sadly, for both Republicans and Democrats, the main reason this issue (repeal of the 22nd Amendment) will have no political traction is the untidy fact that Bill Clinton would easily defeat any other candidate this year, including Bush.
On the morning news on television, a few days ago, I heard a report of a newspaper survey indicating that if Clinton was able to run again, he would defeat Bush 60% to 40%.
We conservatives don’t want to admit it, but it is simply an unfortunate fact that Clinton is still extremely popular among ordinary Americans.
If it was *Bush* in his second term, I have a feeling that a boomlet for repeal of the 22nd Amendment would not be laughed off so easily (unless, of course, the GOP thought that Clinton might run again).