to wonder why Obama isn't running for president

Who on this thread think the two Bushes & the two Clintons are the same people?
I thought it was a joke?

I thought Nancy was the best First Lady though - just so lovely.

quencher - Yes, and there is a third bush, jet bush

It's Jeb Bush

My teenagers know there were 2 Bushes and the difference between the Clintons.

However, I do remember a schoolgate mum who didn't know who the British PM was at the time

SilverBirch if people have to do a test before they can vote then all politicians have to do a Maths test to prove they know things like: more than 50% of the population cannot be "above average" etc.

If Trump is the Republican nominee (likely) and loses to Clinton (likely) AND as a result of his nomination the Democrats regain the House and Senate (people are starting to contemplate this as vaguely likely) then will they make Obama a Supreme Court justice?

They could (and it would only take the president and the senate to do it). There is precedent. William Howard Taft served as president and later as Chief Justice of the United States.

Liney, Zombie has reported your post at 23:39:58.

She has insisted that:

Consort.

Bill Clinton would be Senior Consort Resident of the United States or SCROTUS.

be Quote of the Week.

I'm a bit surprised at anyone over roughly 20 not knowing US presidents can only stand for 2 terms. It gets mentioned frequently during every presidential election.

Sorry, if I misunderstood, Sprink.

Wives of governors are also called First Lady in the US and some of the husbands of governors are called First Gentleman so there is some precedent for that.

Seneca I think that's what I said?

The Honourable comes in only in correspondence, possibly. Or possibly when being announced at a ball.

If Hillary is elected (and the Secrert Service passes on the singularly spectacular suggestion of SCROTUS), I do wonder what they'll use.

FGOTUS makes sense but is awkward to say. Just GOTUS sounds too much like POTUS and might not carry clearly through their secret wrist transmitters. It's a quandary all right.

How about you Governor Bush?

Giddy that deserves a

Sprink I think formal protocol is that former presidents are formally addressed as Mr/Ms. Eisenhower had the right to be addressed as General because military protocol is that retired military are addressed by their rank at retirement. President Obama could be addressed as Senator because he was one and it is not a unique office, but formal protocol would be Mr.

protocol, but the more people use it, the more it will be used, and eventually it will be the new protocol.

Possibly, but I hope not. Putting aside all the sometimes silliness of protocol, it's disrespectful to the office to have too many of these presidents running about.

What next? The OED saying 'literally' can also mean 'figuratively'...?

Oh, wait.

PMSL at SCROTUS. I'm so grown up not

Bold Liney!

This thread is scary.

Mind you recently someone asked me whether UKIP were the party that wanted to stay in the EU.

I do wonder whether people should have to complete a short test before they are permitted to vote.

Jeez

Consort.

Bill Clinton would be Senior Consort Resident of the United States or SCROTUS.

Ah you can just imagine Thanksgiving dinner at the Bush Homestead.
Would you like to carve President Bush?
Why thank you yes I would, President Bush. White or brown meat Former First Lady Bush? And Former First Lady Bush?
How about you Governor Bush?

This is true. I'm writing about the protocol. No one would send an invitation to "President Clinton"

You'd be surprised. I'd guess that since the West Wing episode where all the expresidents are referred to as President, and now that the media uses the same terms, I would say that many people would use it in that way.
It might be wrong in terms of strict protocol, but the more people use it, the more it will be used, and eventually it will be the new protocol.

It could be a mildly interesting premise for a comedy: The Reluctant FLOTUS.

FLOTUS is a private citizen and has no official role, technically.

I've often wondered what effect it would have on how the President is perceived if there a First Lady who did absolutely nothing on her own, just showed up as a Plus One at dinners and balls.

Well, there is no law stating what they have to be called

This is true. I'm writing about the protocol. No one would send an invitation to "President Clinton".

As for people calling him President Clinton, well...that's just flattery or ignorance. They might as well call me President Sprink for all the accuracy in it.

Lions You never saw this?

Thisisbonkers

Similarly FLOTUS is a courtesy title that evolved, and has no legal definition or meaning. FLOTUS is a private citizen and has no official role, technically.

Lynnm63 That's true. And a lot of kids refused to eat it, too, following his example.

What? He didn't like Broccoli? What did he have against the James Bond films? trying to emulate lostinCumbria and clearly failing