Another day, another scandal.

[conuly]

Okay, I'm setting up a pool. Pick a day, a charity*, and a price between $1 and $10. If he's ousted any day other than the one you picked, you donate your money to the winner's charity. The winner gets to keep their cash. (If he's ousted on a day nobody picked, everybody donate!)

And to ante up, I'll take Labor Day, $10, CityHarvest.

* We all reserve the right not to donate to charities we find morally offensive.

Comments

[siderea]

Okay, see, maybe it comes from being a medievalist, but this still seems pregnant with ambiguity.

Like, what if he is no longer in possession of the White House because he's decamped to NORAD, and somebody else (say Pence) declares themselves (or is declared by a military coup) to be the real legitimate president at the White House? What if we have a situation where more than one person is claiming, with some basis, to be president?

Or what if he's arrested and jailed? What does that do to his status as POTUS? (So it turns out a conviction and prison sentence don't disqualify someone as Mayor of Boston.) If he's hauled out of the White House in an orange jumper and escorted to Attica, but is still, nevertheless, POTUS, does that count? And if so, is it the day of sentencing, or the day the sentence begins?

Mostly I'm just procrastinating picking a date, but I figured I should share my pedantry.

[conuly]

What if we have a situation where more than one person is claiming, with some basis, to be president?

Then we all flee the country and to hell with donating.

Or what if he's arrested and jailed? What does that do to his status as POTUS?

We all donate to your charity, because you called it.