The words condescending and patronizing present a fine example of this. At first glance these words appear to be defined somewhat circularly: condescending often has the word patronizing in its definition, and patronize is defined, in part, as âto adopt an air of condescension toward.â
1 Section 3 of the 20th Amendment provides that if the President-elect dies before his term begins, the Vice President-elect becomes President on Inauguration Day and serves for the full term to which the President-elect was elected.
In other words, in this case, the president himself decides the beginning and end of his own disability. --If the Vice-President and a majority of his cabinet decide that the President is unfit to carry out his responsibilities, then they will so inform Congress, and Congress will decide if they agree or disagree.-If a Vice-President becomes President according to provisions noted above, then he is really the president, not an âacting president.â. --If a President loses his Vice President, he can nominate another one who must then be confirmed by a majority vote of Congress.