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Old 08-22-2008, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by wyndhy
i think the loser should be veep.

We tried that once, it was a disaster...at first it was runner-up became veep. J. Adams was not a prob, he was a better VP than he was a President, but during his term as prez he was constantly at war with his VP, Thos Jefferson...then Jefferson's VP Aaron Burr was almost arrested for treason later. Those two bad eggs caused the 12th amendment to be passed.

Can you just imagine if we had let it be? Think Nixon skulking around the Kennedy White house, or Jimmy Carter nipping at Reagan's heels for 4 years...can you say, "yeeeesh?"
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