Why Obama Should Nominate Barack Obama For The Supreme Court Vacancy

[ghostsinthemachine]

The solution to this political problem is staring at him in the mirror.

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans have insisted that no matter who President Barack Obama nominates for the Supreme Court, there will be no hearings, no votes, no nothing. But there may be one potential candidate that Republicans would have a hard time blocking: Obama could appoint constitutional law professor Barack Obama.

There's roughly a zero percent chance this'll happen, but here's why it makes sense: Appointing Obama would put the GOP in the position they've desperately wanted to be in since the man was inaugurated. They'd have the chance to vote him out of office. If he's truly as dangerous and illegitimate a president as Republicans say, then this is their opportunity to get him out of the White House by putting him on the court.

The move would also give Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell a chance to virtually guarantee that he remains Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (McConnell would have to persuade his colleagues not to filibuster.) Some of the most vulnerable Republicans would have their 2016 chances boosted by voting to confirm Obama. Sens. Pat Toomey (Pa.), Rob Portman (Ohio), Kelly Ayotte (N.H.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) would be assured re-election if they could peel off a small portion of Democratic voters grateful for the bipartisan move.

With those four alone, Democrats would have 50 votes, a tie that could be broken by Vice President Joe Biden -- who would be all too pleased to cast the deciding vote to make himself president, even if he'd become one of the shortest-serving presidents in history. And Biden, of course, would then name his longtime ally and Senate successor Ted Kaufman as vice president. If Biden happened to meet the same sudden fate as Antonin Scalia did, Kaufman could quickly go about the business of breaking up the banks.

MORE HERE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-should-nominate-himself-supreme-court_us_56c35b6ee4b0b40245c80061

[malthaussen]

1. That's suitably twisted.

Very cute. I think, however, there is at least one glaring problem, and that is that Barack Obama doesn't want the job.

-- Mal

[PoliticAverse]

2. I hope the writer wasn't paid for this. n/t

[onenote]

6. +1

[KamaAina]

8. HuffPo usually doesn't pay its writers

But this guy is their DC bureau chief.

[Jarqui]

3. Obama has said he doesn't want to sit on the supreme court

He probably wants to get out of Washington quickly - go some place where he can go for a walk without people invading his privacy

[LiberalLovinLug]

4. You think the YouTube Obama AntiChrist conspiracy theorist videos are plentiful now

Just wait until this happens! lol

They all predict he will absolutely declare himself for a third term and/or became the head of the UN where he will surrender all US power to the rest of the planet. So anointing himself as a SCOTUS member would not be far off.

[onenote]

5. Can't tell if this bad satire or just bad.

[FSogol]

7. I wish he hadn't left out the part about talking llamas and free waffles.