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Vox: Abolish The 22nd Amendment, Give Obama A Literal Third Term!

Joshua Yasmeh

Vox’s Matt Yglesias has proposed something that would probably horrify most Americans: A Literal Third-Term Obama. Shamelessly, the Voxer takes sycophancy to new heights in his his latest piece, aptly entitled, “Democrats’ best choice for 2016 is the guy already in the White House.” Apparently, de facto third-term Obama candidate Hillary Clinton isn’t enough. “It would make a lot more sense for him to directly face his critics on the left (Bernie Sanders) and right (every Republican) rather than do so indirectly through the proxy of Hillary Clinton,” writes Yglesias without a hint of sarcasm.

Humbly acknowledging clearly-articulated constitutional limits, Yglesias finds himself in the unenviable position of being tied in a stranglehold. On one hand, he really, seriously fanboys hard over the fantasy of the Third-Coming of “Hope and Change” Obama. On the other hand, there’s this thing called the U.S. Constitution raining down on his parade …

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