On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:37:29 -0500, Raymond Speer <raystwo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> Here is the Ray Speer amendment that would have been a substitute for
> OTL's 25th Amendment.
>
>=============================
>
> Presidential Succession
>
> Section 1. In the event of a vacancy in the positions of the President
> and Vice President, the replacement President shall be the Governor or
> chief executive of the State shown by the latest census to have the
> greatest population of any State, and who shares the political
> affiliation of the last-serving President of the United States.
>
> Section 2. If such a Governor is not acceptable as President by reason
> of another provision of this Constitution, the next President shall be
> the first eligible individual who is Governor of the State with the next
> largest population and who shares the political affiliation of the last
> serving President of the United States.
>
>========================
>
> The flaw with the Status Quo is that more and more Americans every
> election cycle hate Wa****ngton DC insiders. Once past the P and the
> VP, everybody on the line of succession all are within the Beltway ---
> from the House, from the US Senate and then from the President's
> Cabinet. It makes it easier for an enemy with a nuke to wipe our slate
> clean and it assures a new President with a Wa****ngton DC insularity.
>
> My solution fixes that.
>
> In the USA system, the largest states in the Union elect pretty good
> people to be Governor. The Presidential successor after the Vice
> President shall be the Governor of the state with the largest population
> who has the same party affiliation that the last President had.
>
> I have limited the President's authority to select a sycophant as Vice
> President. I have assured independence from in***bent President and
> Congress for the next-in-line. I assured a breath of fresh air when and
> if the new President comes to town.
>
> Had my Amendment been effective in 1963, no one would have worried about
> John McCormack as President. Lyndon Johnson's heir would be Governor Pat
> Brown of California as the only Governor of a bigger state would be a
> Republican (Nelson Rockefeller).
>
> Following Spiro Agnew's resignation as Vice President, Nixon's automatic
> replacement as President would be Ronald Reagan, Governor of
> California.
It has its quirks, though: at present, if Chimp and Cheney were 86ed,
California's governor can't be eligible, since he's a native
Austrian...which would lead to Rick "Governor Goodhair" Perry getting the
job.
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) Houston,
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