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Presidents are term limited, so they can only do so much damage to the country. What I am very concerned about is our crummy Congress, which gets worse every year, and needs to be term limited. But Congress has a LOCK on never letting us get term limits on them.

So I suggest the only way to do it, is to NEVER REELECT any incumbent! In the meantime, we can try to use the presidential race to give us a boost. Such as the following:

McCain is a maverick. He likes to make waves. And he specializes in townhall meetings.

So he is the ideal guy to focus on for this term limits idea. Suppose we try to get just one person in each of his upcoming townhall meetings to ask the following question:

Senator McCain,

A characteristic that you have been both admired and derided for is. . .being a maverick.

That very quality, I believe, holds the key to your winning your run for the presidency.

A substantial majority in this country believes that Congress should be term limited.

If elected, will you use your bully pulpit for a Congressional Term Limits amendment?

If he gets this question in a few meetings around the country, he may, as a maverick wanting to become president, take it as a significant way to boost his chances of success.

I am sending out the particulars of his upcoming meetings so that those of you who live near those meetings can attend, and ask the question, (or your own similar question).

The next meeting for McCain is at Portsmouth OH on July 9, details at :

http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Calendar/Detail.aspx?guid=146ebbb6-e9c5-44d1-80a7-2ae79b7112b6

The one after that is at Albuquerque, NM on July 15, details at :

http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Calendar/Detail.aspx?guid=6763ebf8-ad4a-4098-b211-fb995b0cbdf5

I trust there are some term limits believers in Portsmouth and Albuquerque who will do it!

I have not been able to find a town hall schedule for Obama. Let me know if you do, and I will publish it.

If either candidate supports Term Limits, he will sharply improve his chances for the presidency.

Thanks, Nelson Lee Walker of tenurecorrupts.com

A REVOLUTION TO TAKE BACK THE US CONGRESS by Nelson Lee Walker of tenurecorrupts.com

I am proposing that we create a popular, bloodless, political revolution in our country.

I believe that it is very necessary, very possible, and very doable.

The object of this revolution is the destruction of the professional political class which currently dominates and corrupts the US Congress.

I am convinced, as are many, many voters, that the bulk of our country’s political problems arises out of this ‘permanent’ Congressional political class, and their devotion to party power and to the financial special interests keeping them in power.

There is a simple way for voters to create this revolution: That way is to...NEVER REELECT any Congressional incumbent, anytime, in the House or the Senate, good guys or bad, in either party. Just NEVER REELECT!

It can be done easily and at no cost. All it takes is a national email campaign by all voters, getting their friends, and their friends, and their friends, to send out this NEVER REELECT message, frequently, thru out 2008, 2010, and 2012, and maybe longer...Just NEVER REELECT!

If we succeed in doing this for two or three election cycles, we would sharply reduce the rate of successful reelections from over 98% in the House. Similarly in the Senate. This leaves room for and encourages ‘citizen’ legislators. It would break the back of the special interests and allow ‘citizen’ legislators, using the Internet, without the help of special interests, to run for and win office.

The resulting larger contingent of freshman Congresspeople would enable us to call for term limits of “6 Years and Out”, and for publicly funded federal elections. Both of these changes would keep the professional politicians and their financial backers on the sidelines for a long, long time.

Let’s do it! (Note to all readers: Please feel free to use this message, with or without attribution, for any purpose.) .

Congress' basic problem is lust for reelection

Therefore should be term limited with short terms, such as one term of 6 years in the Senate, and three terms of 2 years in the House.

But first we have a major problem, see www.foavc.org and www.article5.org

For overall background see www.tenurecorrupts.com