'Tain't funny, McGee

   The president often "jokes" about a third and even a fourth term in office, and brags that it "drives them crazy," referring to news media reporters and commentators.
   Either he is unaware that the Constitution limits a president to two elected terms in office plus a maximum of two years of an unexpired term if he succeeds to the presidency after the death or resignation of an elected president, or he deliberately ignores it.
   If he is unaware of that provision, then his ignorance is not excusable. He took an oath to uphold the Constitution, which he cannot do if he has not read it.
   But if he is aware of the two-term limit and continues to speak of his third or even fourth term in office, that leaves two conclusions:
   Either he is joking, as he claims, but it's not funny.
   Or he is serious, and is planting the idea among his true believers to support him when he makes a move to suspend the Constitution.
   And that is not the least bit amusing.
   Presidential term limits were put in place after Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term in 1944, a move led by Republicans.
   That Constitutional amendment -- number 22 -- quickly took effect. Ironically, it prevented the popular Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower from seeking a third term in 1960, to be succeeded by Democrat John F. Kennedy.
   Since then, no president, no matter how popular or competent, can seek a third term. That provision, however, has not stopped the current occupant of the Oval Office from talking about becoming "president for life," a term now used by the leader of China. And he regularly comments about his plans for his 12th or 14th year in office.
   So is he joking, as he claims? That's hard to tell, since he's not even smiling as he says it. Then again, he seldom smiles anyway, so it's a fair assumption to think that on some level he means it.
   Or is his claim of joking really a coverup for his plan to build support for the idea -- no matter how unconstitutional -- among his supporters.
   Couple that with his continuing praise for the leaders of Russia and China, as well as his sharp criticism of Fed Chairman Jay Powell (Yes, he got the name wrong. It's Jerome.) and you have a warning about the future for America.
   Or as Molly would say to her radio spouse, "'Tain't funny, McGee."
   And have you noticed that he only applies the term "nasty" to women critics of what he says and does? Not to men.