Originally Posted By SuperDry From Article II, section 1: << The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years ... The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them. ... Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." >> Do you see the problem? The Constitution clearly and repeatedly refers to the President as a "he", therefore leaving no Constitutional authority for a woman to hold the office. It says so right there in the Constitution. I just read it. So, nobody can possibly believe that a woman is eligible for the office of the President unless they don't believe in the Constitution as written.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal What? You mean we have to adapt what the forefathers thought and wrote in order to accommodate contemporary beliefs and understandings? Unheard of! Absurd!
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Dang. How did this slip by everybody? This changes EVERYTHING.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I guess she should call it quits immediately. I'm surprised no one noticed this before.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< What? You mean we have to adapt what the forefathers thought and wrote in order to accommodate contemporary beliefs and understandings? Unheard of! Absurd! >>> If she wins and takes office, the only explanation is that liberal, activist judges are run amok. Sensible judges would just read what is written in the Constitution and not re-interpret it.
Originally Posted By mele I, for one, am glad this was discovered because I think women in this country have gotten a little too big for their britches.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them>> I think Hillary runs afoul of the Constitution there also. Her husband currently receives a pension from the United States of $186,600 per year. Since they are married Hillary jointly receives that income and is therefore ineligible to receive a presidential salary.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn "She" has an "he" within. Hillary can run. (haha, just to confuse you) "He" is also used for Senators, representative and justices...
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< "He" is also used for Senators, representative and justices... >>> That doesn't make it right.
Originally Posted By jonvn Geeze...."He" is used to mean he or she in English. Do we really need a grammar lesson here?
Originally Posted By friendofdd This has already been brought to Bill's attention and he said "It depends on what your definition of HE is".
Originally Posted By Cindermomster "<--- still wants Condi to run" That would be so cool. I'd be first on board the campaign!!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Geeze...."He" is used to mean he or she in English. Do we really need a grammar lesson here?> It was a joke, jonvn.
Originally Posted By Mr X Jon, I'm surprised you missed SuperDrys' OBVIOUS sarcasm given your recent comments on the subject.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<I, for one, am glad this was discovered because I think women in this country have gotten a little too big for their britches.>> Amen, sister. Heck, I can remember when women didn't even WEAR britches. They actually looked like women. Those were the days.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Boy, the way Glen Miller played. Songs that made the hit parade. Guys like us, we had it made. Those were the days. Didn't need no welfare state. Everybody pulled his weight. Gee, our old LaSalle ran great. Those were the days. And you know who you were then, girls were girls and men were men. Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again. People seemed to be content. Fifty dollars paid the rent. Freaks were in a circus tent. Those were the days. Take a little Sunday spin, go to watch the Dodgers win. Have yourself a dandy day that cost you under a fin. Hair was short and skirts were long. Kate Smith really sold a song. I don't know just what went wrong. Those Were The Days.
