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JustinL

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20. IMHO, the goodness of 3 Obama terms would exceed the badness of 3 Bush terms

Reply to bigwillq (Reply #19)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 09:50 PM

Jul 2016

Besides, term limits in my view are anti-democratic. To paraphrase Justice Holmes, if the people want a 3rd term of Bush, the only meaning of democracy is that they should have their way.

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President Obama hit it out of the park! [View all] pinboy3niner Jul 2016 OP

We need a 3rd Obama term. The 22nd Amendment is bullshit and only affects democrats. luckylefty77 Jul 2016 #1

No, thanks. bigwillq Jul 2016 #11

you don't think Obama would have beaten Bush? n/t JustinL Jul 2016 #15

Bush shouldn't even have won ONCE. Frank Cannon Jul 2016 #18

Obama would have defeated Bush bigwillq Jul 2016 #19

IMHO, the goodness of 3 Obama terms would exceed the badness of 3 Bush terms JustinL Jul 2016 #20

Ha! Chris Matthews also said he did some brilliant things. pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #2

Classic presentation and the final optics malaise Jul 2016 #3

it was pretty amazing fishwax Jul 2016 #4

Blew me away! pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #5

I knew he would standingtall Jul 2016 #6

Good call pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #7

Mahalo, pinboy! Cha Jul 2016 #8

Mahalo, Cha pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #9

We are the Best.. I'm so glad they got to Highlight that! Cha Jul 2016 #10

Wonderful :) Kathy M Jul 2016 #12

Brilliant indeed! sheshe2 Jul 2016 #13

"Out Of The Park" Doesn't Even Cut It ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2016 #14

It was transcendent. I hope Hillary's speech is in the same vein. THAT's how we win elections. JustinL Jul 2016 #16

He didn't surpass my expectations. Frank Cannon Jul 2016 #17