I Support Repealing The 22nd Amendment

[mudesi]

Just so Obama can be president forever.

[tammywammy]

1. ...

:eyes:

[librechik]

2. me too, ..now...

:)

[rcrush]

3. Yeah what could possibly go wrong?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. LULZ.

No thanks.

[Oregone]

5. Thats my favorite amendment

[Renew Deal]

6. What about the 20 second amendment?

[jobycom]

7. I've always hated it, but I wouldn't repeal it for one person.

I'd repeal it because it denies Americans the right to vote for a candidate of their choice.

On the other hand, I was grateful for in 88, and then again in 2000.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

8. Repeals of term limits are usually a symptom of a sick society.

I'm not 100% convinced term limits are a good thing - we don't have them here in the UK, and it doesn't seem to do too much harm - but while repealing them may well not cause the decay of a democracy, it certainly seems to correlate with it.

[LSparkle]

9. Agreed -- maybe we could limit it to "two consecutive terms" ...

That way, after the guy had been out of power for at least
4 years, he could run again ... ???

[Buck Laser]

20. I don't think so...

I think amendment 22 limits a president to a total of two terms.

[yurbud]

13. term limits are a definite negative for legislators here in US

especially here in California.

The net result is that by the time they figure out how things work, they are termed out, so lobbyists have even more power because they are the only ones that know the ropes--and because the legislators know that they will have to ask the lobbyists for jobs in the near future.

[atreides1]

10. No Thanks

I don't believe in the "President for Life" mentality, regardless of what party is in the White House.

I just think of names like Idi Amin, Papa Doc Duvalier, and Baby Duvalier.

Remember this: “And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton

[leftstreet]

11. Term limits for the WaterCarrier Class in Congress n/t

[tekisui]

19. .

:thumbsup:

[the other one]

12. I wish I could un-recommend this thread

its embarrassing to thinking people.

There might be good reasons to repeal term-limits, but idol worship isn't one of them.

[yurbud]

14. somehow, I get the feeling that if we repeal it, we'll end up with President Schwarzenegger for life

[readmoreoften]

15. Wow, you really are in a cult aren't you? /nt

[Warpy]

16. No thanks.

Repeat after me, "Ronald Reagan's third term."

[cobalt1999]

17. No way.

We are a country of 300 million people. There are many who can do the same job or better.

Those who want the same person over and over are just into personality cults.

Fuck that. I'd like term limits on all elected offices.

[aikoaiko]

18. facepalm.

[tritsofme]

21. Even if there was an amendment passed, there is zero chance that the wording would allow the

incumbent POTUS to benefit.

I think we should allow more than 2 non-consecutive terms.

But the modern American presidency is too powerful, I feel a president's power could become too entrenched and powerful.


After 8 years, I think its time for some new blood.