Can A Former President Run For Vice President?

[Mutt]

i know a president can't run for more than 2 terms but is there anything stopping him from running and serving as Vice President?

Kerry should dump Edwards and bring Clinton in as his running mate if it's legal.

[Validus]

Yes, Clinton I liked!

[hydro]

i would preffer edwards + clinton

[Giorgio_Xo]

The official answer is 'no.'

It does not count as a 'strike' if a vice-president is elevated to president. Ford and Johnson have been the only cases since the passing of the 22nd Amendment.

Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Johnson was allowed to run for a 'third term' since he served less than two years of Kennedy's term but declined the nomination because of the growing pressures of Vietnam. It is not possible that Clinton could run as vice-president.

[polish_aristocrat]

I dont think Bill Clinton would be interested in being suddenly vice.

[marcu5]

Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
I dont think Bill Clinton would be interested in being suddenly vice.

I still think he would do it for his Country.

[Fake Nick]

no he wont ever do that , he alraedy explained on larry king once that it was unconstitutional in his view

[John3]

Originally posted by marcu5
I still think he would do it for his Country.

No, but he might do it for another shot at Monica

[Doctor Dre]

There was a debate about this sometime ago ... Clinton should go back, everybody would vote for him :P

[Joesho]

Originally posted by Giorgio_Xo
The official answer is 'no.'

It does not count as a 'strike' if a vice-president is elevated to president. Ford and Johnson have been the only cases since the passing of the 22nd Amendment.



Johnson was allowed to run for a 'third term' since he served less than two years of Kennedy's term but declined the nomination because of the growing pressures of Vietnam. It is not possible that Clinton could run as vice-president.

Hey bro, 420 salute LOL but I am afraid I se it differently, he can be vice president, just not president, so all that means, is if something hapopened to the pres while bill was VP, the next in line of succession becomes pres, so the speaker of the house would be come the next pres in that situation...

and of course once the term was served by this pres, then the vice pres could not run as is tradition, rather we would have no incumbant, and two new candidates is all.

[Fake Nick]

Originally posted by Joesho
Hey bro, 420 salute LOL but I am afraid I se it differently, he can be vice president, just not president, so all that means, is if something hapopened to the pres while bill was VP, the next in line of succession becomes pres, so the speaker of the house would be come the next pres in that situation...

and of course once the term was served by this pres, then the vice pres could not run as is tradition, rather we would have no incumbant, and two new candidates is all.

ignorant fuck , bill himself says it is unconstitutional for a president who has serverd two terms to become VP , so it is not legal according to bill clinton but ok according to stoner Joesho ?

[EpicLisa]

Originally posted by Joesho
Hey bro, 420 salute LOL but I am afraid I se it differently, he can be vice president, just not president, so all that means, is if something hapopened to the pres while bill was VP, the next in line of succession becomes pres, so the speaker of the house would be come the next pres in that situation...

and of course once the term was served by this pres, then the vice pres could not run as is tradition, rather we would have no incumbant, and two new candidates is all.

that is how i understood it also. it doesn't say anything about running for the vice presidency.

[CE_BigB]

I dont think Clinton would ever consider the VP job...

.. but he can come back and run for Pres anytime he chooses.

A president cannot serve more than 2 consecutive terms...
Last term was served by Bush.. soooo

Clinton could run for President if he so choosed.

Monica or no Monica


BIG B

[Joesho]

Originally posted by Fake Nick
ignorant fuck , bill himself says it is unconstitutional for a president who has serverd two terms to become VP , so it is not legal according to bill clinton but ok according to stoner Joesho ?

yup, that about sums it up loser, read a book, instead of counting on GFY for your legal technicalities, maybe you will be able to come out and say who you are, and no one will laugh at you for being so ignorant, yet pretending to know so much LOL

[HAPPYPEEKERS]

I wish Clinton could run again.. I know I would vote for him .. again!

[Joesho]

Originally posted by CE_BigB
I dont think Clinton would ever consider the VP job...

.. but he can come back and run for Pres anytime he chooses.

A president cannot serve more than 2 consecutive terms...
Last term was served by Bush.. soooo

Clinton could run for President if he so choosed.

Monica or no Monica


BIG B

I think that is the part that confused them B, the conversation referred to here with Larry King, covered this issue, and that is what clinton said he felt was unconstitutional, not the vice pres position... but hey wtf do I know, stoners are stupid morons remember LOL

[Fake Nick]

Originally posted by Joesho
yup, that about sums it up loser, read a book, instead of counting on GFY for your legal technicalities, maybe you will be able to come out and say who you are, and no one will laugh at you for being so ignorant, yet pretending to know so much LOL

Now, the language of the amendment certainly does not expressly apply to a vice-presidential candidate. But other constitutional provisions guarantee that the Vice President becomes President upon the death, incapacity, impeachment, or resignation of the President. Thus, if a two-term President like Bill Clinton became Vice President, that would raise the specter of a possible third Clinton Presidential term -- a specter which would become a reality if any of these unfortunate events were to befall a President Kerry. Some might argue that, as a result, a Clinton Vice-Presidency (and that of any two-term President) would be unconstitutional

5000$ that bill clinton thinks him running for VP is unconstitutional

[sextoyking]

Fdr was the last president to serve and be elected to more then 2 terms.

You can't be elected to more then 2 terms as President. While it might be technically legal for a former 2 term prez to be elected and on a ticket as a VP, I don't think the courts would ever allow that to hold any water.

Especially in the case where succession is a question.

[mardigras]

They could probably get good milage if they were to leak that Clinton would be a major cabinet member or advisor.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by marcu5
I still think he would do it for his Country.

and take a pay cut?

[SleazeQueen]

My husband told him he should be Kerry's VP when he met him at the book signing in Seattle. He told Clinton that the election would be a landslide because people miss Clinton. Clinton thanked him, but said he couldn't and wouldn't be VP.

I wanted hubby to tell Clinton that he needed to come back to active politics, if only to scream from the rooftops that it's not okay to impeach a guy for getting a hummer in the Oval but we don't care if the President is a big fat supid liar. Lying = good; blowjob = bad. Seems silly.

[detoxed]

Somewhere I heard that to be eligible for Vice President, you have to meet the same requirements as for President. If a former President only served 1 term, then it would be ok, but if they served 2, they are not eligible to be President, therefore they cant be Vice President.


Maybe I heard wrong

[pussyluver]

This topic keeps coming up in threads. Clinton can't be VP and wouldn't. It's Hillary's turn. That is his only ticket back into the white house. He'd be happy with that.

Clinton has his own agenda. Kerry is just one of the sheep.

Looks like Clinton took over the Kerry campaign anyway. If Kerry does manage to pull it off. Who do ya think would pull the strings? The Ketchup lady? Oh, that was a bad phun if anyone caught it.

[Holly]

Originally posted by Fake Nick
Now, the language of the amendment certainly does not expressly apply to a vice-presidential candidate. But other constitutional provisions guarantee that the Vice President becomes President upon the death, incapacity, impeachment, or resignation of the President. Thus, if a two-term President like Bill Clinton became Vice President, that would raise the specter of a possible third Clinton Presidential term -- a specter which would become a reality if any of these unfortunate events were to befall a President Kerry. Some might argue that, as a result, a Clinton Vice-Presidency (and that of any two-term President) would be unconstitutional

5000$ that bill clinton thinks him running for VP is unconstitutional

Yes, but that is exactly what the debate is about.

It says nothing about being elected to vice-president. So that would seem perfectly legal.

And if the president died, Clinton would not be "elected" as president, he would simply succeed him. There is nothing that states that is unconstitutional.

I say let him run with Hil in 08.