Hello Dave,   
      
   DD>Same deal on term limits for elected officials. Many of them seem   
   DD>to think that holding elected office is a lifetime sinecure. Which   
   DD>certainly is *NOT* what the framers of the Constitution envisioned.   
      
   The Framers of the Constitution made absolutely no mention of term   
   limits for any office.  It was not until the 22nd Amendment that term   
   limits were placed on the Presidency, now set at two consecutive terms.   
   And even that amendment does not specifically state that any President   
   is limited to serving two terms.  IOW, a President must leave office   
   after having served two consecutive terms, but could serve another   
   first term and subsequent second term.  Kind of like what the former   
   President of Russia is intending to do in his country.   
      
   Are term limits a good idea?  In my opinion, term limits are a horrible   
   idea.  Want proof?  Had Bill Clinton been able to run for a third   
   consecutive term, this country would have been saved from the tyranny   
   and ineptitude of George W. Bush.  Of course, this country might have   
   had to endure another sex scandal.  But hey.  We're used to that...   
      
   DD>.. Democrats are sexy: who ever heard of a nice piece of elephant???   
      
   Republicans claim that Bill Clinton chases skirts.  But they have it   
   all wrong.  It is the ladies who chase Bill...   
      
   --Lee   
      
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