to wonder why Obama isn't running for president

[TheoriginalLEM]

just that really.

he seems like the best man for the job

[lostincumbria]

So George Bush and George Bush are different people?

[7Days]

No there were two George bushes. Father and son with Clinton in between.
They had a gulf war each. Easy to feel it was never ending

[steff13]

Lost - you can do 2, have a term out and run again. You just cannot do more than 2 consecutive I think.

No. You get two terms total.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Yes lost. Two George Bushes. One is distinguished by his Middle initial -W.

[RattusRattus]

Franklin D. Roosevelt served four terms.

[steff13]

So George Bush and George Bush are different people?

George Herbert Walker Bush
George Walker Bush

Two different people.

[megletthesecond]

'Gulf War each'. Terrifying really when you put it like that 7.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

And Bill Clinton was President.

Hilary Clinton is now trying to become President.

[lostincumbria]

So that's where "a Bush in the hand is worth two in the White House" comes from?

[steff13]

Franklin D. Roosevelt served four terms.

Yes, and that was prior to the ratification of the Constitutional Amendment that says you only get two.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

They must have changed the rules if that's the case Skip'

[PurpleDaisies]

constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxii

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

X post Steff.,there you go.

[PurpleDaisies]

Bollocks, posted too soon. The link os the rules relating to the two term limit. Roosevelt served before it came in.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

a Bush in the hand is worth two in the White House

[Owllady]

Gosh this thread has really made me laugh
Though I'm glad I didn't start it and had my 14yo on hand to tell me how it is :o

[nancy75]

I am quite surprised that people didn't realise there George bush & George w bush are different people!

[PurpleDaisies]

I think that is probably quite unusual nancy.

[Owllady]

Oh I realised that, one was much younger....

[Owllady]

But you know, boric, plastic surgery, private healthcare and I'm sure I've read they can freeze you how for some years even if you aren't dead and then bring you back to life

[AcrossthePond55]

A president cannot be elected to more than two terms. So no, they can't serve two terms, wait awhile, then run for a third.

A president can serve more than two terms if he (or she) comes to office as a result of the death or removal from office of the previous president, provided they did not hold the non-elected presidency more than two years.

Thus Lyndon Johnson, who was president for 1 year after the assassination of JFK, would have been eligible to be elected twice more. He was elected once (1964) and chose not to run for what would have been his second term (1968).

Both Bushes served only two terms.

[nancy75]

One was younger and called the other one dad!

[lostincumbria]

If I lived in the US I'd vote for that Colonel Sanders bloke off of the Chicken adverts.

[AcrossthePond55]

Oops! I stand corrected. Bush Snr only did one!

[Waltermittythesequel]

I'm sorry but I'm having a right giggle at the George Bush thing!

I can't believe people didn't know there are two of them!