If not when does a President is to be considered a LAME DUCK?
2007-06-14 01:32:26 · 13 answers · asked by Laughing Man Copycat 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
His own Republican Senators that are running for the 08 Presidency even think he is a lame duck right now. Several quoted that they were opposed to the Bush quagmire in the last Republican debate. This equates to " LAME DUCK"
2007-06-14 01:44:54 · answer #1 · answered by leonard bruce 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Sometime in the second term a president becomes a lame duck. This is when he (or she) is at a point when he has no political leverage anymore. Right now, you may have noticed that many Republican politicians are pulling away from Bush even telling him to back down. That means, yes, he is a lame duck president.
2007-06-14 01:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by punxy_girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The current War in Lebanon is the beginning of George W. Bush's lame duckness. It is a horrible reality to witness an American President whose leadership has caused him and the United States to be a non-factor in this current war in the Middle East. Bush has unskillfully mislead the American people into an untenable position in the Middle East. We have not only lost face or standing but we have exposed our hole card, and now we no longer have Israel as a foil to keep the guerrilla forces at bay. This current escalation began with a Hamas's calculated attack and capture of a single Jewish soldier in or around the Gaze. This attack was followed by Hezbollah capturing two more of Israel's soldiers. The guerrilla's certainly seemed to have known what Israel's response would be and are now playing Israel like a Arabian flute. It is no small accomplishment to knock the United States out of any effective leadership role and attrack the worlds condemnation and pleading to stop the war before something worse happens. But, no one is listening in Israel, and no one cares what Bush is doing because whatever he does will be wrong.
2016-05-20 00:47:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lame duck president is a president that can not be reelected and has the opposing party in control of congress.
Yes G.W. is a lame duck.
Simply being in the second term does not make a president a lame duck. The opposing party has to be in control of congress.
2007-06-14 01:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A president is considered a lame duck when he does things that ONLY a lame DUCK would do. Now do the math.
2007-06-14 01:35:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes any President in their second term is a Lame Duck, the term refers to some one who cannot run for reelection
2007-06-14 01:34:59 · answer #6 · answered by Thomas G 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Yes, he is a lameduck president. All it means is that he cannot get re-elected, so Congress is less likely to be pushed around by him. That makes it more difficult to get his ideas passed into law. Take the immigration bill, for example. Prior to 2004, he would have had little trouble pushing that through.
2007-06-14 01:36:08 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No lame brain president
2007-06-14 01:36:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
At the point of a Monica Lewinsky trial. Clinton still holds the lame duck title, so forget about it.
2007-06-14 01:37:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
As lame is they get.
2007-06-14 02:14:18 · answer #10 · answered by mikey 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋