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Showing Original Post only (View all)Should presidents be allowed to run for more than two terms? [View all]
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he never would have run again, I think. You never know, but he would have lost.
hrmjustin
Sep 2012
#4
He still had awful approval ratings...even before the economic collapse.
Drunken Irishman
Sep 2012
#8
he was unpopular before than. I understand your point about shrub, however I still...
hrmjustin
Sep 2012
#12
I don't know...I think a president should be given three terms, not two.
Drunken Irishman
Sep 2012
#6
We should have the right to elect anyone the hell we want. Term limits is a restriction of Freedom.
Pyrzqxgl
Sep 2012
#9
good point but they would have to get a constitutional amendment to dot this so they need...
hrmjustin
Sep 2012
#13
No.........it took a Constitutional amendment to limit the terms of the President....
Swede Atlanta
Sep 2012
#18
If the FF had wanted term limits, they very easily could have written them in.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2012
#22
The FF believed that people had a duty to serve in government and thus enrich their fellow citizen's
Vincardog
Sep 2012
#25
And they were human beings who created a remarkably durable and flexible framework for self-govt
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2012
#32
I don't know, but I'm kicking this thread so I can learn more from more replies.
mykpart
Oct 2012
#34