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To: NormsRevenge

In general term limits are bad for conservatism. All institutions slowly move to the left over time until they eventually go bankrupt. The speed of this shift is related to the speed of leadership turnover. For new leaders to be elected they must give away part of the store or pander to special interests. Long term leadership promotes stability and tradition which are conservative values. The only reason the socialists are against term limits in California is because they currently control the state. I understand the urge to throw the communist bums out, but terms limits aren’t the way to do it.


15 posted on 01/14/2008 10:09:33 PM PST by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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To: Reeses

The sad part is that a lot of voters didn’t put conservative leaders in place for those long term leadership positions.

between voters blessing themselves with billions in services and mandates and leaders only to eager to pile on for their own donors, term limits can only do so much.

this is not a step ahead, imo. I don’t know if the electorate is smart enough to tell that tho.


16 posted on 01/14/2008 10:23:05 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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