repeal the 22nd amendment?

[pnutbutr]

hope this isn't a repost.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.J.Res.5:

[Bill McBlueState]

1. okay with me

I'm opposed to term limits.

[KansDem]

9. I'm with you...

I'm not a big fan of the "Stop me before I vote again" mindset...

[Vickers]

2. Hey, Obama just MIGHT be the new FDR!

:patriot:

[aikoaiko]

3. Fuck that noise.

Ronald Reagan would have been president until 2004.

[apnu]

4. No kidding... This comes up every year.

Every year, and every year its shot down. Who are these idiots who keep bringing this stuff up? (both GOP and Dems do it)

[DrDan]

6. and today we would be complaining about President junior

[Telly Savalas]

16. He was so much more popular than McCain that he could have beat Obama?

Have I just recently been transported from an alternate universe or something?

[Venceremos]

5. Backfire

all those supporting no presidential term limit should think ahead a little - a Republican or a Dem you don't like will eventually become president again.

[polmaven]

7. No WAY!!!!!

I doubt it can be repealled for only Democratic presidents, so NO F'ING WAY!!!!

[RDANGELO]

8. two consecutive terms.

I think the best way to go would be a two consecutive term limit, meaning that after serving for two consecutive terms, if they sit one out, they could run again. This keeps someone from accumulating two much power, but does not limit the country's use of talent.

[CJCRANE]

10. But then you might get

a kind of revolving door presidential system.

[originalpckelly]

11. As if we don't have enough fucked up bullshit going on in the government. EOM.

[suston96]

12. Learn some history about how and when the 22nd Amend. was passed......

...."retrospective vengeance" by the GOP against the dead FDR.

All term limits anywhere are assaults on individual voting rights and not against politicians.

Bad enough we have the electoral college. With presidential term limits individual voters lose even more choice in selecting their President.

[FudaFuda]

14. this is a republic, ya know.

representatives are elected democratically, but the USA is not a democracy. never has been. but you know that.

[FudaFuda]

13. We not only need the 22nd, we should pass a new one re: nepotism

The trend towards political dynasties needs to STOP. Between 1976 and 2004, there was never a presidential election without a Bush or Dole on the GOP ballot. And don't think Jeb isn't waiting to see what happens next. 2012, 2016 .. he's not that old yet.

And republicans aren't the only problem, though they're the worst. We just saw Caroline Kennedy was being vetted recently for NY senator on the basis that she's a Kennedy and therefore deserves it, and the Clintons have hinted at a political future for Chelsea several times. Sorry, nothing against Chelsea, but political genius is not hereditary no matter what the Bush and Clinton families would like America to believe.

I know there have been precedents in the past .. Benjamin Harrison, and FDR too. But I don't think its a good thing to keep on electing our leaders from within a small handful of families. What's the effective difference between that, and having a noble class?

[Bill McBlueState]

15. interesting

Amendments are pretty short -- can you come up with a draft of an amendment that would outlaw nepotism?

[FudaFuda]

17. Short stuff takes the most thought to write well.

Yeah, I could draft something. But you wouldn't like it when you got the bill ... I'm expensive. :hi: