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By: New Cerulean » Blog Archive » President Pelosi - Still Possible

New Cerulean » Blog Archive » President Pelosi - Still Possible — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:24:19 +0000

[...] The President Pelosi Scenario originally speculated on how the impeachment of Bush and Cheney would then devolve the presidency to Nancy Pelosi. But now, with Sen. McCain scratching and squinting about his possible running mates, a new avenue of a Pelosi presidency is taking shape. McCain would be 72 by the time he reaches office. According to the US Dept. of Health and Human Services (table 5, page 17), a white male in the US has a 15.2% chance of dying between the ages of 72 and 76, which would cover McCain’s first term. Now, supposing the wet dreams of the rabid internet Ron Paul advocates comes true, and McCain chooses Paul as his running mate. He’d be 74 by the time he takes office, making his probability of dying in the first term 18.3%. The combined odds of both candidates kicking the bucket before the end of term would be about 2.8%. Small odds, but not impossible. Around 1 in 35. Nothing to seriously consider, but enough to give staunch conservatives something else to mull over as they try to sleep. Sweet dreams… [...]

By: Future

Future — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:25:18 +0000

Impeachment means Pelosi is president. That’s her duty. As incumbent she is likely to be elected which makes 2008 far less important. An interesting and increasingly likely scenario.

By: Hamsterbaffle

Hamsterbaffle — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:25:24 +0000

Good post. There doesn’t seem to be any momentum directly toward impeachment right now, five months after the Democrats took back the hill. But then, the break-in at the Watergate Hotel didn’t point that way, either.

We do have the case of some missing emails and a not-surprisingly inept and corrupt Attorney General . . . never know how hight that one goes, but it can’t get a lot higher or we’re in big trouble.

I could see the White House doing just as you describe. But I will see your “suicide pact” and raise you a neo-fascist mini tantrulution (tantrum+revolution) led by the usual suspects: Limbaugh, Fox, et al.

Imagine you are an uninformed, talk-radio-listening, still-believing-Saddam-did-911, unapologetic flag-waver: and San Francisco Liberal Nancy Pelosi is to become the President after she impeaches dear leader.

The resulting fire and righteous bile from the Right could be just the shock this country needs to pull back from the edge. That, of course, is the happy fun spin.

By: richard

richard — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:28:02 +0000

Now that we have won both houses, it is game on !!! bush and cheney are an insult to every hard working member of the middle class … We are not going to let them off this time .. no wave goodby and helicopter takeoff … go directly to jail !!!
they both have blood on their hands !!!

By: Station Agent

Station Agent — Tue, 09 May 2006 21:00:18 +0000

Yeah, I buy all that. I’m sure Rove has this all played out. I just hope his sorry ass watches it from prison.

I often wonder how dedicated this bunch is to keeping power. Maybe the impeachment leads to dictatorship–or whatever they’ll call it.

Thanks for the reference. You explained tyhat better than I did.

By: oldgringo

oldgringo — Tue, 09 May 2006 14:24:37 +0000

THE ABOVE HYPOTHISIS SEEMS TO LEAD TO THIS:
The democrats win both houses.
Both Bush and Cheney get impeached.
Nancy meets with an accident, deadly type, and the circus goes on?
At this stage it is too unpredictable for any reasonable prognostication, leaving mostly wishful thinking and little else…