To: Mr. Blonde
But neglected to include actual term limits.IIRC, the framers of the Constitution considered term limits and rejected the idea, preferring to depend on the intelligence of the voters---
5 posted on
04/21/2005 7:12:07 PM PDT by
rellimpank
(urban dwellers don' t understand the cultural deprivation of not being raised on a farm)
To: rellimpank
Yep and it was a purely political move to have them inserted for president after FDR. I think we should all bow to greater minds then our own on this one and leave things as they stand now.
6 posted on
04/21/2005 7:22:55 PM PDT by
Mr. Blonde
(You know, Happy Time Harry, just being around you kinda makes me want to die.)
To: rellimpank
IIRC, the framers of the Constitution considered term limits and rejected the idea, preferring to depend on the intelligence of the voters---They were great men, but not infallible. If they could see the entrenched
corruption in DC, they would surely rethink that position.
10 posted on
04/21/2005 8:46:25 PM PDT by
MamaLucci
(Mutually assured destruction STILL keeps the Clinton administration criminals out of jail.)
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