Why do you assume the succession goes so quickly to the military (the Navy in particular)?
The United States Code has the current official list:
(1)If, by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, inability, or failure to qualify, there is no President pro tempore to act as President under subsection (b) of this section, then the officer of the United States who is highest on the following list, and who is not under disability to discharge the powers and duties of the office of President shall act as President: Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Homeland Security.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
Note: the Speaker of the house, who is currently a Republican, is right after the VP
Originally posted by KingD19
Also, what is assination?
I think it's the act of governance when A Democrat presents his bare, defenseless ass to a republican when he wants to pass a popular or unpopular bill regardless of the circumstance, or when he lost an election due to fraud, or when his constituency wants him to represent their best interests, or when money is being handed out and his pockets are already full.
This website has a current list.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
So if one of them dies, does everybody on that list bump up to a new job? Where's the cut off for that?
We simply allow the wild dogs to take over, and then a few years later the Air Force firebombs and sterilizes the whole mess.
He means assassination.
Also, he obviously has never heard of Google or Wikipedia.