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- From: moller@austin.ibm.com (Chris Moller)
- Newsgroups: austin.politics
- Subject: Re: We need Term Limits
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.154619.15812@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 15:46:19 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.143317.11470@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> <1992Nov10.152247.12411@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> <1992Nov10.155931.13311@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> <1992Nov16.152957.15643@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
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- In article <1992Nov16.152957.15643@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov10.155931.13311@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806) writes:
- > |>
- > |> > Con: The decision should be left to the people
- > |>
- > |> for the president too then?
- >
- > I thought the main reason for the Term Limit on the President
- > was because it was such a BIG job, that most men age about 10
- > years per term, that and the idea that they lose effectiveness
- > after two terms due to being too close the problems they deal
- > with daily.
- >
- > -dewey
-
- The main reason that presidential term limits exist is that it seemed to
- be the only way to to get Franklin Roosevelt out of office. He was the
- presidential equivalent of the Energizer rabbit: he just kept running
- and running...
-
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