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- OH NOES: Hillary Clinton cannot legally be the Secretary of State, maybe, because of Ron Paul’s Constitution! [Gawker]
JUST A GODDAMNED PIECE OF PAPER
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They’re just gonna create some legislation to get Hillz the job. Hillz getz what she wants.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/is-clinton-eligible-to-join-the-cabinet/
And she was born in Indonesia, trained with Ho Chi Minh, killed Vince Foster and — and probably a bunch of other things too horrible to mention. We should keep Bush and Cheney.
We haven’t been paying attention to the Constitution the last eight years, why should we start now?
Can I haz Emoluments?
This is a sad day for America. A terrible, sad, dark, tragic goddamn day.
This is retarded. All it means is she has to resign her Senator seat to be the next Princess Sparkle Pony.
Shit if Bush could get around so many aspects of the Constitution, can’t Barry have his fair share?
I bet she’s PSYCHED this new problem has nothing to do with Bill.
‘Resign her Senate seat’. Whatevs.
TGY: Wow I had not thought about that … This is going to be a serious letdown for Peter, these next eight years. Maybe some other cabinet member will have insane hair and bondage clothes.
The constitution, in its male chauvinism, also states no woman, wearing pant-suits, particularly yellow, shall be the Sec of State
Aren’t “emoluments” the stuff that’s in shampoo?
emoluments sounds like something id have my woman rub on my wenis to make a handjob go quicker
THIS IS ALL A PLOT, WE PUMAS WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!!!1
SHOW US THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!1!11
You mean Hillary shaved for nothing!
Ken Layne: Then again, he could always transition from The Hair Watch to Pantsuit Reconnaissance. And cankles!
Serolf Divad: I thought it was a side dish you’d order at a Cajun joint.
Also, that’s a pretty sweet picture of Dr. Paul on the Gawker post. I Lolled.
Little did they know that appointing Senators was Barry’s first salvo in his grand plan to cut the budget.
These Constitutional conspiracy theories are usually pretty funny, like the theory that noone has to pay taxes because Ohio used insufficient postage on its application for statehood. Or the one that says black people can’t be charged with crimes in the United States becaues of some treaty that the US signed with the Barbary Pirates. Generally, if it sounds like BS, it is.
Yeah, I’d bet all my money on anything Judicial Watch has to say about the constitution…. if I had any money left.
Who knew Bill Richardson already had a plan in place to move from SecCom to SecState?
NoWireHangers: kinda like they created legislation to allow john mccain to be president when people started making noise about him being shat out in panama
TGY: Princess Sparkle Pantsuits?
For the love of god just get out of her way, people, Miss Piggy is coming through whether you like it or not!
It’s nice to see that Gawker is serving leftovers.
Next topic: “Leisure suits, Casual Wear Or Formal Attire?”
Well, that tears it. Obama will now appoint one of the King’s friends.
I love the comeback…especially because that Fitton guy claims he has a bachelor’s from some clown college but it’s actually in dispute…basically he’s an assclown.
shanemcgowan: but that doesn’t change the fact that i don’t owe taxes because the US isn’t on the gold standard so i’m not really paid anything.
“This is a Harvard Law grad nominating a Yale Law grad here, so all parties involved have been cognizant of this issue from the outset,”
Goddamn ivies.
tunamelt: Why can’t the next Secretary of State be from Lackawanna Junior College in beautiful Scranton. These smarties are taking our freedoms! There are plenty of college dropouts who could take the reigns.
tunamelt: And once again, Harvard trumps Yale.
tunamelt: Those Ivy Leaguers are so much smarter than the rest of us. Thank goodness we have them to provide leadership. Just like that guy…what was his name?–Oh yeah, George W Bush. Went to Yale, if I remember correctly. And a Bonesman, too!
Ken Layne: Here’s how ridiculous I am–that is one of the first things I thought about. I figured he’d have Michelle and maybe some other Obama advisors to choose from (no help from Napolitano, however…), but truly soul-crushing for him, yes. Maybe if Condi becomes NFL Commissioner, she will stay in the news enough for him to survive.
Heh…and the acting attorney general who recommended the “Saxbe fix” (reducing the salary to its previous level) to Richard Nixon was that notorious liberal extremist…ROBERT BORK.
And now you know…the REST of the story.
(Thanks, Wikipedia! And yes, I verified it elsewhere; just found that nugget while looking up the “Saxbe fix”)
TGY: Word. And yet more proof, as if more were needed, that Paulistas are as dumb as many sacks of hammers (or whatever you’d like in that sack).
Oh please, so no senator, in the history of the US has ever taken a position in the cabinet?
Why hasn’t that photo of Ron Paul been used on this site before? It’s beautiful.
The quote, from Article 1, section 6 is:
“No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time.”
Clearly this does not apply to Mrs. Clinton, as it says “…during the Time for which HE was elected …”
Nobody wants a smarmy male senator getting appointed with his god damn emoluments hanging out all over the place — but our founding fathers clearly wanted more vagina in the cabinet.
facehead: There you go, confusing Bill Clinton with the founding fathers again. …and it was in the pantry, not the cabinet.
“Clear!”
I seriously need to be recharged with some kind of walloping jolt or I’ll be done with politicics forever. Maybe painting landscapes or purchasing a pool boy would be the next step in my now dull dull after Bush is gone half life.
Where is Kitty? Mean Jean? Only coffee and some major chocolate cake will get me back to work buying the gift crap necessary to refloat the credit card companies and the Treasury.
God, 3:15PM and I haven’t bought a thing all day.
BHO Newser: All right fine…you get Bill the C. Happy now? Happy? I wanted to appoint Hillary, but, well, there you go…
I guess this is in place so a Senator can’t vote in a pay raise for a cabinet official then ding-dang to get it. Gawd knows she didn’t want this and she’ll wind up making her crappy Senate salary instead of what we’ve been paying Princess SP. Sux.