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Charles L. Cotton wrote:

baldeagle wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

baldeagle wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

baldeagle wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:I am absolutely opposed to term limits at the state or federal levels. If an elected official doesn't have to answer to the people who elected them, then they are free to do whatever they want.

People who support terms limits tend to want to limit other people's choices, not their own.

Chsa.

Would you repeal the 22nd Amendment?

No.

Chas.

Then I ask you sincerely, what is different about term limits for the President versus term limits for Congress? Why are you opposed to the latter yet wouldn't support repeal of the former?

The President is one elected official; Congress is 535 people. I don't want another Roosevelt.

Chas.

I don't want another Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Diane Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, ad nauseum.

You don't get to make that decision anymore than Californians get to decide of Ted Cruz is your Senator. This confirms my earlier point; people want to limit other people's choices, not their own.

Everyone votes for the President, not so for Congressmen and Senators.

Chas.

I understand the argument, but here's the problem. The longer politicians are in office the more likely they are to become corrupt, to think they are special and the laws should not apply to them, to pass legislation that benefits their financial benefactors regardless of how it affects the country. I want Congresscritters to come home after a decade or two in Washington and be forced to live under the laws that they've passed. Let them find out what it's like to be frustrated by what someone else in DC is doing to them for once.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

baldeagle wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

baldeagle wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:I am absolutely opposed to term limits at the state or federal levels. If an elected official doesn't have to answer to the people who elected them, then they are free to do whatever they want.

People who support terms limits tend to want to limit other people's choices, not their own.

Chsa.

Would you repeal the 22nd Amendment?

No.

Chas.

Then I ask you sincerely, what is different about term limits for the President versus term limits for Congress? Why are you opposed to the latter yet wouldn't support repeal of the former?

The President is one elected official; Congress is 535 people. I don't want another Roosevelt.

Chas.

I don't want another Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Diane Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, ad nauseum.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

baldeagle wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:I am absolutely opposed to term limits at the state or federal levels. If an elected official doesn't have to answer to the people who elected them, then they are free to do whatever they want.

People who support terms limits tend to want to limit other people's choices, not their own.

Chsa.

Would you repeal the 22nd Amendment?

No.

Chas.

Then I ask you sincerely, what is different about term limits for the President versus term limits for Congress? Why are you opposed to the latter yet wouldn't support repeal of the former?

Choctaw wrote:I've really struggled with the idea of term limits for years. I've come to the conclusion that the Founding Fathers got it right. We as voters are the ones to blame...If they are abusing their power and/or creating legislation that we disagree with, then it's our responsibility to send them home.

I would agree with you if Congress hadn't rigged the system so that incumbents get re-elected most of the time. As it is, the only way to get them out is to force them out through term limits.

If you don't believe in term limits for Congressmen, do you favor repealing the 22nd Amendment? If not, why not?

Charles L. Cotton wrote:I am absolutely opposed to term limits at the state or federal levels. If an elected official doesn't have to answer to the people who elected them, then they are free to do whatever they want.

People who support terms limits tend to want to limit other people's choices, not their own.

Chsa.

Would you repeal the 22nd Amendment?

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