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But just for the sake of accuracy, that isn't how it would work. Palin would be able to nominate a vice-president of her choosing, see Spiro Agnew and Gerald Ford.
To be honest, I think Pelosi scares me more (politically) than even Obama, and (generally - in terms of child nightmares) more then any night terror I ever had as a kid.
To be honest, I think Pelosi scares me more (politically) than even Obama, and (generally - in terms of child nightmares) more then any night terror I ever had as a kid.
After Kennedy's assassination Lyndon Baines Johnson immediately became the acting president. He had no vice president from that fateful day in 1963 to 1969.
I believe the line of succession to which you are referring has to do with the loss of the president and vice president during their term.
Apparently you went to a government school. The Speaker of the House follows the VP in the line of succession. That does not mean the Speaker assumes the VP position should the sitting VP become the President.
To be honest, I think Pelosi scares me more (politically) than even Obama, and (generally - in terms of child nightmares) more then any night terror I ever had as a kid.
Pelosi doesnt scare me, shes totally incompetent which means govt could get nothing done, and that means they would stop making things worse..
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