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President Obama is impeached (for Benghazi or violating War Powers Act - take your pick). Rather than go through the disgrace of a Senate trial and further sully his legacy - the president resigns.
Joe Biden succeeds him - but realizes the unpopularity of this outcome and his own woeful lack of qualification for the job - so he resigns in turn.
Next in the line of succession is Speaker John Boehner. He sees his opportunity and decides that he can be more effective continuing as Speaker then by being president, so he appoints Mitt Romney as his Vice President per the 25th Amendment - and then resigns.
Mitt Romney then becomes the 47th President of the United States (and 4th in two months) and appoints Paul Ryan as V.P.
President Obama is impeached (for Benghazi or violating War Powers Act - take your pick). Rather than go through the disgrace of a Senate trial and further sully his legacy - the president resigns.
Harrier,
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Joe Biden succeeds him - but realizes the unpopularity of this outcome and his own woeful lack of qualification for the job - so he resigns in turn.
What are you doing?
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Originally Posted by Harrier
Next in the line of succession is Speaker John Boehner. He sees his opportunity and decides that he can be more effective continuing as Speaker then by being president, so he appoints Mitt Romney as his Vice President per the 25th Amendment - and then resigns.
Harrier
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Mitt Romney then becomes the 47th President of the United States (and 4th in two months) and appoints Paul Ryan as V.P.
In the fevered imagination of the OP, the Democratic Senate would refuse to confirm Biden's VP nominee, but that same Democratic Senate would happily confirm John Boehner's VP nominee.
The OP might as well have just said: "When the Electoral College convenes in December, all 538 members will cast their Presidential vote for Mitt Romney!"
That would be no more ludicrous than the OP's premise...
But where does Ron Paul fit into this scenario? It's not too late!
63 Obama Electors defect, casting their votes for Ron Paul, leaving the election results:
Obama: 269
Romney: 206
Paul: 63
No one gets a majority! The election is thrown to the House!
Stunningly, in January Ron Paul wins a majority of House delegations! In fact, he wins them all, 50-0!
Paul names Paul Ryan to the post of Secretary of Ayn Rand (a post Paul creates by proclamation)!
In February, the U.S. returns to the gold standard!
In March, Christmas is renamed John Galt Day!
In April, Rush's song "Anthem" replaces "The Star-Spangled Banner"!
. . . . . . . . . .
And they all lived happily ever after! (except for the degenerate liberals, who all killed themselves, making the world a perfect Objectivist Paradise!)
Keep dreaming kiddo, also my dog is going to win the Powerball and take me for a cruise around the world.
Sorry, my dog already chewed up the Powerball and got dog slobber all over it. That's just how he rolls.
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