Francois Labreque <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote:

> > Francois Labreque <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote:

> >>> John VanSickle <evi### [at] kosherhotmailcom> wrote:
> >>>> Running for president is a full-time job, plus some.  Being an
> >>>> active-duty general is a full-time job, plus some.
> >>>
> >>> That may be so in practice, but in theory I don't think there's any
> >>> reason (legal or otherwise) why a military officer couldn't be elected
> >>> as the president (due to some unfathomable turn of events.)
> >
> >> Campaigning for a federal office is a full time job for at leasth 18 months.
> >
> > How does that change what I said?
> >

> It changes that at the time of his election, he would no longer be a 
> military officer, since he would have been dishonorably discharged a 
> year prior.

You seem to be saying that it's impossible for a person to be elected
president unless they engage in a full-time campaigning job.

Why? Is there a law that I don't know of that precludes anybody who does
not campaign to be elected president?

As I said: It may be impossible *in practice* for someone to get elected
without running a campaign (for the simple reason that people don't get
to know the candidate), but in theory there's no reason why a military
officer couldn't be elected president out-of-the-blue. Unless a weird law
explicitly says that it's prohibited.

In how many ways do I have to phrase this before it's understood?

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                                                          - Warp

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