The Second American Revolution - 2076?

[Digital_Trucker]

How come I don't hear all these folks that are against term limits trying to make it possible for the President to serve more than 2 terms?

[fatty]

Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

I think you have your head up the butt - since you do NOT reside here - and have NO CLUE of local conditions.

Isn't Enigma from Delaware?

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by August

One rule i'd like to see implented is a politician can't run for one office while he holds another. Want to run for President? Fine. Resign from that Senate seat first.

And they need to resign at the point when they first declare their candidacy for the other elected position.

Strange that a sitting congresshuman can still collect public funds and use their public office to campaign for themselves for another political position and this is not a violation of the Hatch Act?

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker

How come I don't hear all these folks that are against term limits trying to make it possible for the President to serve more than 2 terms?

Ok, for the record, I don't agree with the 22nd amendment.

However since it is an amendment to the constitution and would require 2/3rd and 3/4ths to change, there is little use in complaining about it.

And since term limits would also involve an amendment to the constitution, I seriously doubt any congresshumen would ever vote themselves out of a job.

Think it was accidental that congress limits the terms of the President but not themselves?

[Digital_Trucker]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Ok, for the record, I don't agree with the 22nd amendment.

However since it is an amendment to the constitution and would require 2/3rd and 3/4ths to change, there is little use in complaining about it.

And since term limits would also involve an amendment to the constitution, I seriously doubt any congresshumen would ever vote themselves out of a job.

Think it was accidental that congress limits the terms of the President but not themselves?

Nothing involving politicians is accidental, no matter what they claim

If a the difficulties of a constitutional amendment are enough to stop us from complaining, why are we even discussing something even more difficult (namely fixing our broken political system)?

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

And they need to resign at the point when they first declare their candidacy for the other elected position.

Strange that a sitting congresshuman can still collect public funds and use their public office to campaign for themselves for another political position and this is not a violation of the Hatch Act?

"I am resigning my position to run for...."

not

"I am resigning to take my new seat as..."