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Journal capoccia's Journal: Betting on Arnold for President? 9

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Gamblers will bet on anything. At least one has placed a bet that Arnold Schwarzenegger will become President of the United States. But this is extremely unlikely to happen because Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, Austria.

The US Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 clearly describes the requirements for being eligible for President:

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

So one would have to be a natural-born citizen or a citizen at the time of the adoption of the Constitution and at least 35 years old and at least a resident for 14 years.

Some British bookies and gamblers are unfamiliar with our system. Robert Coppini from Little Acton, near Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs has wagered 200 on Arnie for President at odds of 500:1 (the payout would be 100,000). Bookmaker William Hill has now slashed the odds about President Schwarzenegger to 50:1.

Hill could set the odds to 1000:1. Schwarzenegger cannot become president unless the Constitution is ammended to allow non-natural-born citizens to become President. This would require a 2/3 majority in Congress and ratification by the states.

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  • The day that happens is the day a Briton is elected president and puts George Washington to the sword.

    The guy who's pushing for this is that lovable Mormon psychopath Orrin Hatch who has replaced Strom Thurmond as the great shame of the Republican party. Seriously, if this guy can't understand the historical reasons for this part in the Constitution, one that's been in there from the beginning, part of the national fabric, then he should really not be allowed to hold civic office.
    • The day that happens is the day a Briton is elected president and puts George Washington to the sword.

      Well, I've heard quite a few people suggest Blair for the job. Great idea from Britain's point of view - removes the waste of space from the UK - but probably not very good for the US...

      The guy who's pushing for this is that lovable Mormon psychopath Orrin Hatch who has replaced Strom Thurmond as the great shame of the Republican party. Seriously, if this guy can't understand the historical reasons for

      • Well I was trying to be facetious. Guess it didn't go well ;p

        Anyway, the logic was that the American Revolution wasn't popular. It was actually as popular as the Iraqi Liberation where the real supporters were a significant minority at most. Since US jr's hard won independence was tenuous at best, the Founding Father's decided that it was very important to make sure that some popular inoffensive Briton lord didn't come over, run for President, get it, and just pledge America back to King George.

        I guess
        • Anyway, the logic was that the American Revolution wasn't popular. It was actually as popular as the Iraqi Liberation where the real supporters were a significant minority at most. Since US jr's hard won independence was tenuous at best, the Founding Father's decided that it was very important to make sure that some popular inoffensive Briton lord didn't come over, run for President, get it, and just pledge America back to King George.

          Which was, apparently, exactly the idea behind the Rhodes scholar syste

  • as you may have noticed, all the pound sterling signs to get stripped by slashcode. i tried just entering in the character and using the html equivalent (
    £
    ), but niether work.

    is there another way to note non-ascii characters?
  • Don't worry, fans of the thought of the Presidentator (sorry, I know that's bad)... Everyone's favorite super-ultra-social conservative Utah Moron Senator, Orrin Hatch, is trying to fix this [worldnetdaily.com]. He's already introduced a bill which will allow anyone who's been a citizen for 20 years to run for president. There's also a bill in the house, only that one wants 35 years of citizenship first.

    Perhaps it can be changed and we can celebrate arnie's wisecracks from the White House.

    The big question - will he stop m
  • Stallone: "Hold it! The Schwarzenegger Library?"

    Bullock: "Yes, the Schwarzenegger Presidential Library. Wasn't he an actor?"
    Stallone: "Stop! He was President?"
    Bullock: "Yes. Even though he was not born in this country, his popularity at the time caused the 61st Amendment..."

    Interesting forshadowing?

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