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11/28/00
8:45 a.m. By Mark R. Levin, chief of staff to former Attorney General Edwin Meese III |
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Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. . . . But the 25th Amendment doesn't address the problem of a vice president who is encumbered with obsessive-compulsive behavior. What else explains Albert Arnold Gore Jr.'s inability to deal with reality, i.e., his repeated demands that some court, any court, appoint him president of the United States? Enough already with the pregnant chads with dimples, Al! And apart from Gore's bizarre conduct, what's with the passive-aggressive behavior from the rest of the Democratic leadership? Good Lord, did you see the goofy telephone conference with Gore, Joe Lieberman (a.k.a. the "Conscience of the Senate"), Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt? Didn't these guys look more awkward than usual? They keep telling us that all they want is to "count the vote," but they've "counted the vote" — and then some — at least four times! But I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. Just two years ago these same Democratic leaders exhibited episodes of delusion when defending Bill Clinton against impeachment charges. Back then they tried to convince us that perjury, obstruction, and conspiracy were not high crimes and misdemeanors. So, if presidential offenses are no big deal, a little election tampering won't harm anybody, will it? |
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f a president is no longer
able to discharge his duties, and he refuses to tender his resignation,
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides, in
part, that:
