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Not this time you wouldn't. If it wasn't for dead people and
blacks voting multiple times last election - that wouldn't have
happened either.

Could President Barack Obama win a third term in office? He's
convinced that he could, but would really rather not.

Obama used his own history of electoral success to rib African
leaders who overstay their welcomes by refusing to leave office
after their terms expire. In his speech Tuesday at the African
Union headquarters, he conceded unfamiliarity with that concept
because as a second-term U.S. president, he's constitutionally
barred from running again.

"I actually think I'm a pretty good president," Obama said. "I
think if I ran, I could win. But I can't!"

That's just fine with the president. Obama said he's looking
forward to leaving behind the trappings of office, including his
presidential security detail, and having more flexibility to do
things like travel to Africa after he leaves the White House.

He said although he's still relatively young, he knows a new
president with new insights will be good for the U.S.

"The point is, I don't understand why people want to stay so
long," Obama said with a sly grin. "Especially when they've got
a lot of money."

He compared one of his personal heroes, former South African
President Nelson Mandela, to America's first president, George
Washington, noting that both were willing to leave office and
transfer power peacefully to their successors.

In Rwanda, lawmakers are considering removing presidential term
limits from the country's constitution in a process that could
see President Paul Kagame extend his rule beyond two terms.
Burundi's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, was just elected to a
third term although he is constitutionally limited to two.

"When a leader tries to change the rules in the middle of the
game just to stay in office, it risks instability and strife,"
Obama said, citing Burundi as a particular example. "This is
often just a first step down a perilous path."

Obama's go-to catchphrase in Ethiopia and Kenya has been that
"Africa is on the move." He could also say the continent is
taking flight.

Just before boarding Air Force One to go home, Obama stopped to
examine "Africa First," the inaugural Dreamliner aircraft that
U.S.-based Boeing Co. delivered to Ethiopian Airlines. The
aircraft also known as the 787 is valued at up to $1.3 billion.

Obama was joined on the tarmac by the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines,
Tewolde Gebremariam, as well as the country's prime minister.

With bright green umbrellas shielding visitors from the rain,
Obama inspected the aircraft — white, with thin red lettering.

Obama lamented to reporters traveling with him that big business
opportunities for Boeing and other U.S. companies are at risk
because Congress hasn't reauthorized the Export-Import Bank, a
U.S. federal agency that guarantees loans to foreign companies
buying American products. The Senate voted late Monday to put
the bank's renewal into a highway bill heading for passage, but
the House remains opposed to re-upping the bank, leaving its
prospects in question.

"We've got to get that done," Obama said before getting aboard
his own ride for the flight back to Washington.

The White House said Ethiopian Airlines was the first airline in
Africa to operate the Dreamliner. The airline has been buying
Boeing planes since 1960 and now has a fleet of more than 70.

Stick it up your ass, you fag.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/Obama- African-Union-Ethiopia-318772941.html

 

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