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To: Starboard

To me term limits are less of an issue if there is more accountability via shorter terms; if someone can win ten consecutive elections every three years, then I believe they must be representing their constituents well.


24 posted on 04/03/2016 7:18:20 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

“if someone can win ten consecutive elections every three years, then I believe they must be representing their constituents well”

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I get your point but the longer they are in the hallowed halls of congress the more tricks they learn and the power of incumbency becomes almost unbeatable. At some point serving the constituents morphs into deceiving them. And the old truism about absolute power corrupting absolutely is absolutely true.

When they first get to Washington its all about the people. But after just a couple of years it becomes all about them. That is the mindset that takes hold and leads them to compromise away any values they may once have held. Politics becomes a game instead of a mission.


36 posted on 04/03/2016 8:02:40 AM PDT by Starboard
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