Chances of second reelection (was: reelecting bush is evil, why it must be eradicated)
Alberto Monteiro wrote: The saddest thing about Bush's reelection: after 4 years, there's no way someone can come up with an original and funny joke about him. Kerry would be a new source of jokes :-/ Alberto, you are misunderestimating Bush and his powers to cause hilarity in others :-) Beware people, if you keep doing that misunderestimation, he'd get to be reelected once more ... and perhaps deserve it. You don't believe that can happen? Take Menem as a sobering example, just across the border from Brazil... (Explanation for non-South-Americans: Menem, an Argentine politician now famous for suspected corruption, pulled off a constitutional amendment allowing his reelection. People liked him enough for that.) Ruben ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Chances of second reelection (was: reelecting bush is evil, why it must be eradicated)
On Nov 3, 2004, at 2:50 PM, Ruben Krasnopolsky wrote: Alberto Monteiro wrote: The saddest thing about Bush's reelection: after 4 years, there's no way someone can come up with an original and funny joke about him. Kerry would be a new source of jokes :-/ Alberto, you are misunderestimating Bush and his powers to cause hilarity in others :-) Beware people, if you keep doing that misunderestimation, he'd get to be reelected once more ... and perhaps deserve it. You don't believe that can happen? Take Menem as a sobering example, just across the border from Brazil... (Explanation for non-South-Americans: Menem, an Argentine politician now famous for suspected corruption, pulled off a constitutional amendment allowing his reelection. People liked him enough for that.) There was idle talk of amending the constitution after both Reagan's and Clinton's second terms to allow three or more terms, due to their popularity. Frankly, I think we're about as likely to see the constitution amended to allow Arnold Schwarzenegger to run as we would be to allow a third term for Bush. Dave At least I'd believe *his* bad-ass act. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Chances of second reelection (was: reelecting bush is evil, why it must be eradicated)
Ruben Krasnopolsky wrote: Take Menem as a sobering example, just across the border from Brazil... (Explanation for non-South-Americans: Menem, an Argentine politician now famous for suspected corruption, pulled off a constitutional amendment allowing his reelection. People liked him enough for that.) And he even tried to get re-re-elected again - but he managed to be kicked out (democratically!) before he finished with Arg... oops... before he finished his 2nd mandate. And remember Alberto Fujimori in Peru, that changed the Constitution so that he was re-elected several times, with dictatorial powers. Worse: it seems that Fujimori was not born in Peru, like the Guvernator :-) Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
