[Info-vax] Carly's back!

Craig A. Berry craigberry at nospam.mac.com
Thu May 7 12:40:16 EDT 2015


On 5/7/15 8:59 AM, Bob Gezelter wrote:
> On Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 8:48:52 AM UTC-4, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>> On 5/7/15 6:55 AM, seasoned_geek wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> A president isn't limited to two terms, they are limited to two consecutive terms.
>>
>> It's two terms period:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
>>
>> I see you're as ill-informed about the Constitution as you are about the
>> VMS build process, VMS security, x86 hardware, the capabilities of
>> non-VMS operating systems, and everything else you've been posting about.
>
> Craig,
>
> Actually, I did mis-speak when I said "one or two terms". FDR did get elected four times.
>
> The "two term" tradition originated with George Washington. It was not codified until after Roosevelt's death (22nd Amendment, approved by Congress on March 21, 1947; ratified on February 27, 1951).

Right, but I was responding to seasoned_geek's claim that the Koch
brothers could stay in office perpetually by taking turns. Which is
nonsense, like most of what he says.




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