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To: B. A. Conservative
TERM LIMITS

Term limits would be worse and more restrictive our the people's freedoms than this BS that was just passed in the House!

Term limits doesn't limit a politician - it limits who WE THE PEOPLE can vote for. What if we vote in the best Congressman to ever be seated - he leads the Congress, respects the Constitution, and saves kittens from trees and stuff - but suddenly on some arbitrary date I wouldn't be able to vote for him because of some stupid Term Limit law.

Also, Term Limits freakin' guarantee ever politician a lame duck term. A term of office (2 years for House, 6 years for Senate) where they are not accountable to the citizens of their state because they aren't afraid of getting voted out of office in the next election.

Term Limits were discussed in the original constitutional convention and soundly defeated. Are you and the other Term Limits supporters so arrogant to second guess the brilliance of our founding fathers to make such a significant alteration of the Constitution and the electoral process.

I will fight Term Limits at every step because they are destructive to the freedom of the people and an affront to the Constitution.

The answer to today's political problems and excess is not silly ideas like campaign finance reform or term limits. The answer is to elect a Congress that will respect the limits placed upon it by the Constitution. Don't settle for anything less - don't vote for the lesser of two evils just because he has a freakin' (R) next to his name on the ballot. Then hold their feet to the fire - make them follow their oath and to not vote for anything that exceeds the limits of the Constitution.

133 posted on 02/14/2002 6:43:22 AM PST by Spiff
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To: Spiff
Sir, you have the government you deserve and Democrats will be dancing on your grave.
233 posted on 02/18/2002 5:25:48 AM PST by B. A. Conservative
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