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   DD>> Same deal on term limits for elected officials. Many of them seem to   
   DD>> think that holding elected office is a lifetime sinecure. Which   
   DD>> certainly is *NOT* what the framers of the Constitution envisioned.   
      
    RW> OF course, but then the framers of the constitution never   
    RW> anticipated professional politicians.  Their thought was   
    RW> that average folks would seek office as well as vote.   
    RW> Their efforts were geared toward eliminating a professional   
    RW> perpetual ruling class.   
      
    Don't be so sure. Many of them were professional politicians, or   
    became such. And many wanted George Washington to be King, not   
    President.   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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