Posted on 10/10/2016 1:58:55 PM PDT by Kaslin
I support term limits too. Of course it is term limits for all.
Some liberals have gone after politicians who supported term limits, saying they should self-limit. In effect, term limits for thee, but not for me. Again, term limits for ALL Congressmen, Senators, and Presidents.
Stupid GOP politicians think they are going to stay in power if they abandon Trump
Forget it
GOP voters will stay home and the democrats will take their seats
In fact if Hillary wins we have seen the last election in this country
Since its probably impossible to do away with the concept of a “political career”. I throw in a “sweetener” to maybe get it passed. Consider:
1. Two Senate terms (12 years) you have to sit out a year in order to return to the Senate for another two terms.
2. Five House terms (10 years) you have to sit out three terms (6 years) before you can return and restart the cycle.
For those who just have to have that career “serving the people”, go back and run for governor , county commissioner, or mayor. Would it be so horrible for them if they actually go a job in the private sector? Even McGovern learned a thing or two from his retirement job owning and managing a small hotel & restaurant.
If the Republican Party can’t change & switch to honest & real Constitutional values,then maybe the Constitution Party is the way to go. I just don’t see a majority of dimwit voters voting for that particular party just because it’s change in status quo.
Besides the “structural problems” of our system not supporting the long term viability of third parties. The other problem is “legal”. Over the years citizens of their respective states have allowed the major parties to attain quasi-governmental status. In most states (maybe all that have primaries!) the taxpayers foot the bill for primaries. It’s important to remember these are private organizations, how its leaders etc are picked should be in the members hands and paid for by the members. That’s why I never had an issue with party conventions. I still think its how candidates should be chosen for better or worse. There are all sorts of state laws that embed the major parties into the system and keeps them “alive” usually at taxpayer expense. If they were pushed back into the realm where they were completely private organizations they not only would be more cognizant of the wishes & views of its members. They would be more likely to go out of business and be replaced when they failed to do so.
I can’t argue with anything you wrote in the last two posts to me.
It should not be too hard for people to see that if it is a good idea to limit a President, then it should be a good idea to limit Congressmen and Senators.
George Washington provided a great service by limiting himself to two terms. The great man’s EXAMPLE protected us until FDR’s 4th election to the Presidency. Thank goodness for human mortality, or FDR would still be President.
For some reason, we have not taken the next step and term limited Congressmen and Senators.
I pick number close to a decade because that seems to be the magic number of years in DC when “the good” become “the bad”.
That’s easy.
1. Establish a strong leader who doesn’t pull punches (guess who)
2. Then, the most powerful estate (the people) gets behind him
3. The followers and the weaklings, like Ryan, Chaffetz, etc. either fall in line or eventually fade away due to losing all political support.
Wish Rush had a little more courage. He could blow the GOPe apart.
Ryan is a vile, stinking, thieving rat fink. And he’s pussy-whipped by his heiress wife.
He wants to be remembered for working with Herself! to pass bi-partisan legislation "for the good of the country".
If there's a 'rat majority he can't do that.
The NEVERTRUMP crowd and the Democrats are all one party- it's called the uniparty. This uniparty is beholden to business interests who have for decades raped the taxpayers of this country to get not only cheap labor, but pay for all of the other bills associated with this cheap labor- public assistance, education for their children, medical care in our hospital emergency rooms, crime, increased rental costs, increased traffic, etc, etc.
I agree 100% .. so who is going to win the election??
Democrats are LAW-LESS because Republicans are BALL-LESS!!!!
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