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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:47 PM Original message |
"Let's Abolish Re-Election In This Process" - So Says A Repuke Coworker |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Then I'd go for a six year term. |
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zaj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. I've been saying that for a a while. 6 years... no re-election... |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 07:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. That was my proposal 25 years ago at "Girl's State" |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. That would have meant only 4 years of Clinton... |
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Paradise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. and without concern for re-election, |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. My best friend's dad |
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stinkeefresh (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I think that a large percentage of swing voters |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. To correct the mess that the weed that would be king has |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Abolish re-election, but lengthen term. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. ok, but they have to actually be elected |
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fdr_hst_fan (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I agree! |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. i wamt to be able to FIRE the son of a bitch if he needs it. I also ... |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Did his son devleop diabetes after Bush banned new cell lines? |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is dumb |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. I find term limits inherently un-democratic. |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yeah, because we would have been so much better off w/out FDR in 1941 |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. O...Kay.... |
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DaveSZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. How did the Repubs get the majority to make the two term limit amendment? |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Relax |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yeah, although with the presidency you do have |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I would agree with you as far as * is concerned |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. ditto. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Or Strom Thurmond or Jesse Helms or Ted Stevens or ??????? |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 07:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. They're only there |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. One term also gives one a certain devil-may-care carte blanche |
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Nalgenelover Snort (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. SPOT ON. |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is to believe the process is all about personality. This is the lie |
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DaveSZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. We would have had 3 terms of Raygun though |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Considering Ronnie's Alzheimer's |
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