And when the sun
was going down,
a deep sleep
fell upon Abram;
and,
lo,
an
horror of great darkness fell upon him.
And
he said unto Abram,
Know
of
a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger
in a land that is not theirs,
and
shall serve
them;
and
they shall afflict them four
hundred years;
And
also that nation,
whom
they shall serve,
will
I judge:
and afterward shall they come
out with great substance.
*****
In
Africa,
Obama says he
thinks he could win a third term
During a speech to the
African Union Tuesday, President Obama joked that he could win a third term if
he wanted to.
"It has been an
extraordinary privilege for me to serve as the President of the United States.
I cannot imagine a greater honor or a more interesting job. I love my work. But
under our Constitution, I cannot run again," the president said. "I
actually think I'm a pretty good president. I think if I ran I could win, but I
can't under our constitution, I cannot run again," he said to laughter and
applause.
The president isn't
always so cavalier about the prospect of another four years in office. At a
fundraiser last week, he said, "I will not be on the ballot again, and my
wife is super happy about that."
At the speech to the
African Union, Mr. Obama was poking fun at leaders in Africa who stay once
their term limits have expired, a phenomenon he said "I do not
understand."
Obama urges African leaders to uphold human rights
"I'll be, I'll be
honest with you, I'm looking forward to life after being president. I won't
have such a big security detail all the time. It means I can go take a walk. I
can spend time with my family. I can find other ways to serve. I can visit Africa
more often," the president said.
"The point is I
don't understand why people want to stay so long, especially when they've got a
lot of money."
While the line drew
little reaction from the front of the hall, where leaders were seated, it got a
huge round of applause from many of the spectators in the back.
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