Mister Bush, do feel free to use this
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gerbieIt took a while before we learned what we did wrong. It took a big attack, in which thousands of innocent lives have been lost, before we realised that the way we are dealing with the rest of the world was wrong. I am very sorry that this has had to happen. From here there are two possible options. A third world war or a continuation of what we have been doing over the last decade, a cold war against everything we Americans considered wrong. It would make the cold war look like a fight in kindergarten. We shall take none of these options. As a true Christian, we will turn the other cheek. The only way this cycle can be stopped as by not reacting. No retaliation, no attacks on possible suspects. I shall repeat this, read my lips, NO RETALIATION.
It is time for us to admit that we had this one coming. Fifty years of interfering everywhere in the world whenever it suited us has come to a bloody final. Now we see what we have done in Korea and Vietnam. In Cuba and the Dominican Republic. In Haiti and Guatemala. In Nicaragua and Chile. In Panama and Somalia. And in dozens of other countries. Thousands of innocent Americans have become the victim of an idiot who wanted us to know what we did wrong. Until now we knew, but thought we could get away with it. We couldn't.
From now on we shall do whatever is necessary to help all those families in this tragedy. But not only the thousands who have died in the last 24 hours, but also those thousands who died in the last 50 years, because we considered our position in the world more important than the lives of individuals. The whole budget from defence will go to welfare, social benefits or third world development. We will finally pay off our billions of debt to the UN. We well recognise the UN as the true world power, the voice of the people of the world. We will do as the majority wants us to. We shall propose the abolishment of veto's for countries who happen to have too much power.
Finally I shall resign from my position as President of the United States of America. We will soon have new elections in which every vote is counted, in which democracy will really work. Until then I shall hand over the power to the senate.
Let our thoughts be with the ones who have lost their lives. Thank you for your attention, God bless America and peace on earth!
It is time for us to admit that we had this one coming. Fifty years of interfering everywhere in the world whenever it suited us has come to a bloody final. Now we see what we have done in Korea and Vietnam. In Cuba and the Dominican Republic. In Haiti and Guatemala. In Nicaragua and Chile. In Panama and Somalia. And in dozens of other countries. Thousands of innocent Americans have become the victim of an idiot who wanted us to know what we did wrong. Until now we knew, but thought we could get away with it. We couldn't.
From now on we shall do whatever is necessary to help all those families in this tragedy. But not only the thousands who have died in the last 24 hours, but also those thousands who died in the last 50 years, because we considered our position in the world more important than the lives of individuals. The whole budget from defence will go to welfare, social benefits or third world development. We will finally pay off our billions of debt to the UN. We well recognise the UN as the true world power, the voice of the people of the world. We will do as the majority wants us to. We shall propose the abolishment of veto's for countries who happen to have too much power.
Finally I shall resign from my position as President of the United States of America. We will soon have new elections in which every vote is counted, in which democracy will really work. Until then I shall hand over the power to the senate.
Let our thoughts be with the ones who have lost their lives. Thank you for your attention, God bless America and peace on earth!
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just so you know...
Date: 2001-10-01 01:14 pm (UTC)Accoring to the constitution should the President resign the Vice-President takes over. The line of succesion then goes to the Speaker to the House, the president pro tempore of the Senate, then to the cabinet positions in the following order Secretary of State, Treasury, Defense, Attorney General, Sec'y of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health & Human Services, Housing & Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, Education and Veterans Affairs.
There is no provision in the Constitution for the President the call new Elections as we don't use the European Parlimentary system that puts the party (or coalition) that wins the general election in direct control of the executive branch.
After the Kennedy assassination an amendment was passed to allow the President to appoint a Vice-President should the office happen to be unfilled by death or resignation or the Vice Presidents accession to President. When Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew was forced to resign, Gerald Ford was appointed to take his place. When Nixon resigned Ford became the first unelected president in US history.
A lot of peopl don't like the Electoral College system but it was enacted for several reasons - the first of with was that the founding fathers never expected the US to have just a two party system, they figured on several candidates and had planned for that eventuality. Secondly they had wanted to make sure every state or at least region counted in the election and that the candidate didn't just concentrate their efforts on a couple of states. Without an electoral college system a candidate could easily win an election with the votes of a few big cities.
As bad as the fiasco in Florida was, the system worked even when there wasn't much in the way of legal or historical precedent to go on. (the last president to win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote was in the 1800s) Much of this had to be improvised on the spot, but it was in the open for all to see. And nobody had to get the support of the Army like in many countries. Power was passed more or less without incedent.
Re: just so you know...
Date: 2001-10-03 08:26 am (UTC)