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  • bbedward bbedwardB Conversation Starter Reacting Well Dedicated Very Popular Posting Machine Collaborator First Post One Year In One Month Later Week One Done
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    bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by
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    Much needed IMO

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      OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on last edited by OldBrownsFan
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      The poster boy for what happens to politicians when they remain in Washington to me is John Boehner. The only cure is term limits. The longer the politicians stay in Washington the more corrupted they get.

      As the smoke clears on his career, Boehner cashes in thanks to lobbying loopholes

      https://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2016/10/06/as-the-smoke-clears-on-his-career-boehner-cashes-in-thanks-to-lobbying-loopholes/

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        C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by Clevfan4life
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        So when he loses he can say it was rigged, i was framed, the powers that be were afraid blah blah blah. Anything to keep responsibility away from his own mouth

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          So when he loses he can say it was rigged, i was framed, the powers that be were afraid blah blah blah. Anything to keep responsibility away from his own mouth

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          bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by
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          @clevfan4life said:

          So when he loses he can say it was rigged, i was framed, the powers that be were afraid blah blah blah. Anything to keep responsibility away from his own mouth

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            bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by
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            Srsly i have no idea wtf your comment has to do with anything

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              LogicIsForSquaresL LogicIsForSquares wrote on last edited by
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              So how is he going to wish this into being if he gets into office?

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              • LogicIsForSquaresL LogicIsForSquares

                So how is he going to wish this into being if he gets into office?

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                bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by
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                @logicisforsquares said:

                So how is he going to wish this into being if he gets into office?

                http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2015/01/12/gop-members-seek-constitutional-amendment-to-impose-term-limits-on-congress/

                A decent amount of GOPers already claim to support it

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                  bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by
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                  Bypass and go go state legislatures otherwise I guess

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                    Much needed IMO

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                    jbluhm86J jbluhm86 wrote on last edited by jbluhm86
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                    @bbedward said:

                    Much needed IMO

                    It's a good idea and all, but even if Trump does become President, there is no way he could even do that; changing term limits would require a constitutional amendment, and only Congress or the States themselves can even propose one, much less ratify it. The President has no power at all in the process. And seeing as how an amendment for term limits would place a restriction on the power of Congress, I don't see Congressional members from either party willingly giving up that power anytime soon. As for the state option, 33 amendments in total have been proposed since 1789 - of which only 27 have been ratified - and all of them originated in Congress; none have been proposed by a state-led Constitutional Convention, so the state option doesn't look too good either.

                    Trump is just grasping at any straws in arms reach at this point to try to get elected.

                    @oldbrownsfan said:

                    The poster boy for what happens to politicians when they remain in Washington to me is John Boehner. The only cure is term limits. The longer the politicians stay in Washington the more corrupted they get.

                    As the smoke clears on his career, Boehner cashes in thanks to lobbying loopholes

                    https://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2016/10/06/as-the-smoke-clears-on-his-career-boehner-cashes-in-thanks-to-lobbying-loopholes/

                    I agree, and it doesn't make sense that only the President has term limits, while Congress and the Supreme Court are allowed unlimited terms.

                    As for Boehner, he was a corrupt pretty much from the get-go, but he remained in power because when it came time to vote, the people saw the "R" next to his name on the ballot and voted for him simply because he was a Republican. Same thing goes for those on the left who keep on voting for those sad sacks like Pelosi and Reid just because they're Democrats.

                    Sadly, the majority of voters in this country simply vote by party lines rather than taking the time to actually research their candidates before election day. And as long as the voters keep feeding the two party system, nothing is going to change.

                    "That which can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence”. - Christopher Hitchens "The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you". - Neil deGrasse Tyson
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                      Srsly i have no idea wtf your comment has to do with anything

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                      C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                      @bbedward said:

                      Srsly i have no idea wtf your comment has to do with anything

                      Ok ill baby step you through it. He's bringing up sn issue now that he knows full well is a non starter. Bringing it up during his presidency would be different. He's doing it now because he knows he's going to lose. What he's doing is setting up another fabricated angle he can point to for the reason he lost..........instead of his own mouth.

                      If/when trump loses, theres still a chance he wins cause god knows what else might come out about hillary.....but if he loses its cause of his stupid fat dick licking mouth. He got more free press during the primaries than anyone in history, remember the 8d chess he was supposedly playing? Well now he's choking on his own creation. No one but himself to blame, period.

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                        MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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                        Good idea. Afraid it will never happen

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                          W Westside Steve wrote on last edited by
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                          It won't happen because it takes the decision out of the hands of the voters for one thing.

                          (and yes I'm kind of chuckling as I typed that)

                          And remember that we'll just put the parties on full-time reelection mode.

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