globe199
Mar 2, 2009, 05:11 AM
I was wondering if Stauffenburg could've been a Lame Duck given his qualifications
"In June 1944, Stauffenburg was promoted to Colonel and appointed Chief of Staff to Home Army Commander General Friedrich Fromm. This gave him direct access to Hitlers briefing sessions."
By definition a lame duck is: An elected official who is meeting the end of his or her tenure... choosing not to contnue his or her tenure...
So the question becomes what constitutes an Elected Official?
An Elected Official: Is a person who is an official by virtue of an election
... So the argument could be made that he was elected (appointed Chief of Staff), since there are multiple sorts of elections by the manner in which they can be carried out ; the sort of election (process) in which Stauffenburg may have been designated under could be something like what we here in the u.s. government call a By-Election or perhaps Co-option.
And so this is where the confusion takes place, given "the manner" in which he acquired his position in office.
"In June 1944, Stauffenburg was promoted to Colonel and appointed Chief of Staff to Home Army Commander General Friedrich Fromm. This gave him direct access to Hitlers briefing sessions."
By definition a lame duck is: An elected official who is meeting the end of his or her tenure... choosing not to contnue his or her tenure...
So the question becomes what constitutes an Elected Official?
An Elected Official: Is a person who is an official by virtue of an election
... So the argument could be made that he was elected (appointed Chief of Staff), since there are multiple sorts of elections by the manner in which they can be carried out ; the sort of election (process) in which Stauffenburg may have been designated under could be something like what we here in the u.s. government call a By-Election or perhaps Co-option.
And so this is where the confusion takes place, given "the manner" in which he acquired his position in office.