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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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