Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Fri Feb 28 2025 01:36:00

RM> I could be wrong but I believe your laws say that a person can only
RM> run for President twice for their party, but can run again, possibly
RM> for one more term, as an independant.  (?)

KW>Two terms only, but Trump has floated the notion that he was cheated out
  >of the 2020 election, so "it doesn't count", and someone in congress
  >floated a law allowing for a third term - ignoring that it's
  >constitutional law.

I see.. I don't know where I ran across that incorrect info on running
for a third term.

But I don't see Trump's logic that the 2020 election has any bearing
on the number of terms he can run for. If he'd won, that would have
been his last run and, since he lost, he got to run again this term..

KW>I could see the game plan saying in 2028 "I've still got more work to
  >do, no election this year..." and having enough hand-picked syncophants
  >(and the support of a republican majority in the house and senate) that
  >no one could stop him.

He could get some advice on how to do that from Putin..

There are always leaders we wish could stay in power longer and
others we can't wait to get rid of in any country with honest
elections. As you may have known or picked up, our Prime Ministers
can stay in power as long as they keep getting re-elected, for good
or for bad, but at least it's our choice. We've never had a problem
getting rid of a Prime Minister once the majority wanted him gone.

Maybe it's just part of living with the system for too many years
but these days it always seems to me that the choice is to pick
out the candidate you hate the least, the one who will do the
least amount of damage..

I generally hope for a minority gov't because they need the support
of another party to get anything done so it's less likely they can
do anything too radical.

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