House GOP measure would let Trump seek third term

HomerJS

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Listen to all the Trump sycophants and deniers here they tell us we all have TDS and Democracy is not at risk. At least Hitler waited 53 days to begin his takeover.

For those who will downplay it by saying the Constitution prevents it, Trump has already removed the Consituation from the White House website. Look for a constitutional convention to be called soon.

Some of us tried to warn you

 
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nickqt

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It's always been Trump v Obama anyway.

Trump is King of the Birthers.
 

BoomerD

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It's kind of funny to me that the 22nd amendment was pushed through by the Republican Party because of FDR...now the Trumpublican party wants to end that fuckup.
 

trenchfoot

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Trump will be running the country from an oxygen chamber in some hospice ward by then.

He was making a complete ass of himself back in his first term. If his handlers couldn't keep him from proving what a moron he was back then, the new version is going to be worse still. The people with the biggest problem in Trump's circus is their excusers, especially in the area of ducking, diving and walking back those ludicrous promises he said he'd accomplish from his first day in office.

Sad part of all of this is that there's no one on his side that's going to get real about Trump owning up on those lies of his. He gets to make all of these fake empty promises during his campaign to con himself a shitload of votes and welches out on those promises without paying the price. Want to add insult to injury you say? Trump comes up with this insulting joke of a rallying cry "Promises made, promises kept".

It's like "but that's OK" is tagged on to every fuckup, every obvious lie and humiliating thing he does that washes him clean before another round of self-fuckery comes around the bend.
 
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mikeymikec

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Trump will be running the country from an oxygen chamber in some hospice ward by then.
Nothing a bit of digital fakery can't fix.

Then the media will be trying to come up with the most passive wording possible to avoid saying "deepfake" in any certain terms.
 
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trenchfoot

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Nothing a bit of digital fakery can't fix.

Then the media will be trying to come up with the most passive wording possible to avoid saying "deepfake" in any certain terms.

The way I see the media trending, the oligarchs are going to have complete control of the cable news media, with the wholesale infiltration of MAGAT propaganda at CNN awhile back being the opening shot. Controlling the media is of course what every dictatorship around the world strictly enforces and to me it's happening right before our very eyes with stalwart liberal MSNBC being next on the chopping block.

The oligarch aristocrats of the nation have the means, the methods and the money to make things like that happen and now with Trump playing the loose flirty whore to those moneyed interests, it seems inevitable that their efforts will bury the truth and the facts of what Project 2025 will do to the nation and what secret agendas outside of the Project they will be able to accomplish with that fat orange tinted girly man in the wheelhouse and those thoroughly corrupted *errrm* - "conservative"? majority SCOTUS crooks backing their play.
 

sdifox

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Next up, constitutional amendment that makes the Republican Party the only party allowed to rule the country. PRC playbook.
 

Pens1566

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If you didn't see something along these lines coming, then you haven't been paying attention.

I figured it would just be some "normal" legal challenge to that part of the 22nd through the regular process that would end in a SCOTUS ruling similar to the "congress has to enforce it" result of the challenge to the CO SC ruling that barred him via the 14th. Then, a complicit congress would just fail to act leaving no one to stop a Trump '28 campaign.

This is a much more brazen approach, which is probably doomed to fail unless there are a lot more Fetterman's in both houses. But it's a bad signal nonetheless ...
 

RalphTheCow

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I am really having a hard time wondering which one I hate more at this point. At least Putin effed up someone else’s country. Ok, ok, maybe a few of them. Glad to see Belarus at least realizing what a deal with the devil they made.
 

kage69

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Ballsy fascist bullshit, even if he is basically following a script. Some cult we have here.
 

hal2kilo

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Told my "hello, good morning" neighbor that I meet on my morning walk when he told me he voted for Trump, "you know he's never going to leave voluntarily".
 
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Greenman

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Listen to all the Trump sycophants and deniers here they tell us we all have TDS and Democracy is not at risk. At least Hitler waited 53 days to begin his takeover.

For those who will downplay it by saying the Constitution prevents it, Trump has already removed the Consituation from the White House website. Look for a constitutional convention to be called soon.

Some of us tried to warn you

If in a couple of years things are going very well for the U.S., I could see this happening.
 

pmv

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Listen to all the Trump sycophants and deniers here they tell us we all have TDS and Democracy is not at risk. At least Hitler waited 53 days to begin his takeover.

For those who will downplay it by saying the Constitution prevents it, Trump has already removed the Consituation from the White House website. Look for a constitutional convention to be called soon.

Some of us tried to warn you


How could they possibly get 2/3 majority in both houses for this?*

I assume, therefore, that this is a purely performative bill, that comes to exist exclusively as a result of competitive pressures among Trumpublicans to outdo each other in demonstrating their sycophantic devotion to the Fuhrer?

*(Only way it could happen is if the Democratic Party were declared illegal, and all its representatives arrested - but, obviously, that's not going to happen, right?).
 

Pens1566

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How could they possibly get 2/3 majority in both houses for this?*

I assume, therefore, that this is a purely performative bill, that comes to exist exclusively as a result of competitive pressures among Trumpublicans to outdo each other in demonstrating their sycophantic devotion to the Fuhrer?

*(Only way it could happen is if the Democratic Party were declared illegal, and all its representatives arrested - but, obviously, that's not going to happen, right?).

I'll never say never.
 
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nakedfrog

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How could they possibly get 2/3 majority in both houses for this?*

I assume, therefore, that this is a purely performative bill, that comes to exist exclusively as a result of competitive pressures among Trumpublicans to outdo each other in demonstrating their sycophantic devotion to the Fuhrer?

*(Only way it could happen is if the Democratic Party were declared illegal, and all its representatives arrested - but, obviously, that's not going to happen, right?).
Ha ha, yeah, totally never happen. Ha. Ha. I mean it's not like we're talking about someone that had multiple irons in the fire trying to overthrow an election or stage an insurrection, right?
 

BonzaiDuck

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You can argue that the chances of such an amendment meeting success are small, but these people -- the MAGA-Trumpers and Trump entourage -- have made it clear they don't want the opposition to have an even chance anymore.

at my senior age with pre-existing conditions and disability and lack of financial resources, I still incline to consider the violent overthrow of any GOP statehouse or national government. Good for the Goose? (as it was on January 6) -- then Good for the Gander. "Apocalypse Now! Exterminate them all." [Quote taken from a Francis Ford Coppola movie']

I think we need to seize the government by legitimate or other means, and eliminate the Electoral College, pass some laws requiring responsible custodial attention to established agencies and programs (like them or not).

Another thing: consider eliminating the tax exemption of religious organizations altogether, or explore any means of enforcing certain requirements for revoking it. It's a gray area. Where do you draw the line?

Bishop Budde was right to preach about the moral issue, and she made Trump show his true nature the following day. But churches like the First Baptist Church of Dallas run by Robert Jeffress promote some pretty loopy ideas. As I said, the problem is to establish a clear line past which they cannot cross unless they're eager to pay taxes.

I've heard enough from the rank and file -- local and across the nation. These people are fundamentally ignorant, and probably not entirely aware of actions and inclinations of their leadership.

The Judiciary also needs reform, so people like Aileen Cannon are prevented from derail and delay.
 
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sandorski

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Need to popularize the info that the first to stop cheering Stalin was put to death. How manic can they be made?
 
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I’m pretty sure Trump’s SCOTUS will reinterpret the Amendment to only bar “two consecutive terms”…for now.
The main thing is to not engage with the bad faith arguments. They push the boundaries like white supremacists because they are opening the door to other people accepting their absolutely insane ideas.
 

Greenman

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Oct 15, 1999
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You can argue that the chances of such an amendment meeting success are small, but these people -- the MAGA-Trumpers and Trump entourage -- have made it clear they don't want the opposition to have an even chance anymore.

at my senior age with pre-existing conditions and disability and lack of financial resources, I still incline to consider the violent overthrow of any GOP statehouse or national government. Good for the Goose? (as it was on January 6) -- then Good for the Gander. "Apocalypse Now! Exterminate them all." [Quote taken from a Francis Ford Coppola movie']

I think we need to seize the government by legitimate or other means, and eliminate the Electoral College, pass some laws requiring responsible custodial attention to established agencies and programs (like them or not).

Another thing: consider eliminating the tax exemption of religious organizations altogether, or explore any means of enforcing certain requirements for revoking it. It's a gray area. Where do you draw the line?

Bishop Budde was right to preach about the moral issue, and she made Trump show his true nature the following day. But churches like the First Baptist Church of Dallas run by Robert Jeffress promote some pretty loopy ideas. As I said, the problem is to establish a clear line past which they cannot cross unless they're eager to pay taxes.

I've heard enough from the rank and file -- local and across the nation. These people are fundamentally ignorant, and probably not entirely aware of actions and inclinations of their leadership.

The Judiciary also needs reform, so people like Aileen Cannon are prevented from derail and delay.
How many are you personally willing to kill to achieve your goals? Or is this something "others" should handle?
Revolution is a dirty business, you can't post your way to victory. You have to declare an enemy and kill enough of them that the remainder lose interest in the process.